{"id":10352,"date":"2026-03-30T15:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/?p=10352"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:03:43","slug":"case-study-governance-for-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/case-study-governance-for-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: Governance for Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Strengthening organisational governance during a period of rapid expansion at Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc grew rapidly between 2022\u20132025, its existing governance systems were no longer suited to the scale and complexity of operations. Policies were outdated, staff roles had evolved beyond the structure in place, and reporting obligations across multiple funders created inconsistency and administrative pressure. Decision-making was becoming fragmented across a geographically dispersed team, increasing organisational risk. MLI needed a clear, modern and cohesive governance framework to support transparency, accountability, and sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 10px; height: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mli.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Murrumbidgee-Landcare-Inc-Governance-for-Growth-Case-Study.pdf\">Case Study: Governance for Growth<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tag-line\">Self sustenance\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0LEP23_036_RASO10_1<\/p>\n<p>Author: <em>Dr Ellen McDonald<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;10351&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Strengthening organisational governance during a period of rapid expansion at Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc. &nbsp; As Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc grew rapidly between 2022\u20132025, its existing governance systems were no longer suited to the scale and complexity of operations. Policies were outdated, staff roles had evolved beyond the structure in place, and reporting obligations across multiple&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":10351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lep-case-studies","pmpro-has-access","category-341","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10354,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10352\/revisions\/10354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}