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82 Annex A. Description of toolsHow to1. For organizational analysis three information sources can be used:• board members and other important members (people withspecific functions such as accountants or block leaders);• written administrative matters and accounts of the WUA/Cooperative Society;• the appearance of the office building (if there is one).2. Make an appointment with the board members, preferably at theiroffice building so that you can ask to see their administration and seewhat the building looks like.3. Try to fill in the checklist presented below by interviewing the boardand other members.4. Then try to fill in additional information and cross-check the interviewsby studying the administration and accounts. However, farmersmay not like to show this to you so do not push too much for thisinformation.5. Another way to cross-check information is to have a look at the officebuilding to see if it is well maintained or empty, if there are files fordocuments, tools to maintain canals.ExampleThe matrix shows that the scheme is performing poorly as a result oforganizational problems that have forced the Executive Committee to takeover many of the tasks (Figure A7, Table A11 and Box A9).Figure A7. Water Users’ Cooperative Structure and Objective Matrix ofDodidcha Irrigation Scheme, EthiopiaGeneral AssemblyCredit CommitteeExecutiveCommitteeAudit CommitteeFinanceWorkerConflictResolutionCommittee7 Block Leaders(Blocks 1-7)