The Policy Governance Model and the Role of the Board Member: 1 (J-B Carver Board Governance Series) - Softcover

Carver, John; Carver, Miriam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470392525 ISBN 13: 9780470392522

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2009

Synopsis

Carver Policy Governance Guide 1: The Policy Governance Model and the Role of the Board Member sets out a vision for excellence in board leadership, giving board members a clear understanding of the concepts and principles that are at the very heart of John Carver's innovative Policy Governance model. This guide presents the guidelines needed to transform your board members into a unified group that consistently makes powerful contributions to its organization, so boards can truly and effectively lead. It also sets forth board members' main responsibilities.

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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 obligations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470392525
• ISBN 13: 9780470392522
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48