Is the responsibility of the Board of Directors to focus on Ends while relegating the Means to Management? Is this a distinction that will finally solve the age old problem captured in these two questions: What is the scope of the board? and What is the scope
Read more →We often view the board as being distinct from the “rest” of the organization. The Board governs and the organization operates the programs. Many governance theorists support this approach. They suggested that there be a firewall between the board and the organization. The firewall prevents meddling, chaos,
Read more →Every nonprofit organization has a governance system! More accurately, a governance operating system. Just as Windows 7 powers most PCs and Snow Leopard powers Macs, the governance operating system powers the nonprofit organization! The Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Program defines governance as “…the system of management and
Read more →The relationship between the chair of the nonprofit board of directors and the chief executive of the organization is, according to the theory on governance partnership, foundational to the new leadership model for nonprofit organizations. The new leadership model for nonprofit organizations, according to the theory of
Read more →The focus of governance improvement activities for the past 10 years or so has been on board structure. According to John Combs the President of the Center for Healthcare Governance board effectiveness , there is a shift in thinking about how to enable boards to be more
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