Description
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780470392522
Year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 48
Description:
The Carver Policy Governance Guide series includes six
booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's
Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance
enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's
"owners," whether the owners are association members, city
residents, company shareholders, or a community of interest. Policy
Governance addresses the board's engagement in financial,
programmatic, and personnel matters; roles of officers and
committees; reporting and evaluation; agendas; and other aspects of
the board job.
The Policy Governance Model and the Role of the Board
Member sets out a clear vision for excellence in board
leadership. It gives board members an understanding of the concepts
and principles that are at the very heart of John Carver's
innovative Policy Governance model. This guide details members'
main tasks and presents the guidelines needed to transform a board
into an effective group that consistently leads powerfully.
The Policy Governance model is based on the functions rather
than the structure of a governing board. It outlines commonsense
principles about governing that fit together into an entire system.
The practices of the Policy Governance board, which are consistent
with the principles, allow it to control without meddling, focus on
long-term organizational outputs, powerfully delegate to a CEO and
staff, and discharge its fiduciary responsibility in a visionary,
strategic manner. Because the model is a total system, the Carver
Policy Governance Guide series offers boards a complete set of
principles for fulfilling their various obl
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780470392522
Year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 48
Description:
The Carver Policy Governance Guide series includes six
booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's
Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance
enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's
"owners," whether the owners are association members, city
residents, company shareholders, or a community of interest. Policy
Governance addresses the board's engagement in financial,
programmatic, and personnel matters; roles of officers and
committees; reporting and evaluation; agendas; and other aspects of
the board job.
The Policy Governance Model and the Role of the Board
Member sets out a clear vision for excellence in board
leadership. It gives board members an understanding of the concepts
and principles that are at the very heart of John Carver's
innovative Policy Governance model. This guide details members'
main tasks and presents the guidelines needed to transform a board
into an effective group that consistently leads powerfully.
The Policy Governance model is based on the functions rather
than the structure of a governing board. It outlines commonsense
principles about governing that fit together into an entire system.
The practices of the Policy Governance board, which are consistent
with the principles, allow it to control without meddling, focus on
long-term organizational outputs, powerfully delegate to a CEO and
staff, and discharge its fiduciary responsibility in a visionary,
strategic manner. Because the model is a total system, the Carver
Policy Governance Guide series offers boards a complete set of
principles for fulfilling their various obl