Carver Reinventing Your Board

A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance, Revised Edition
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-04698-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B Carver Board Governance Series

In the second edition of this best-selling Policy Governanceoperating manual, John Carver and Miriam Carver make this excitingapproach to effective governance even more accessible anduser-friendly, gleaning lessons learned in years of practice tohelp readers understand and use this invaluable model.
Carver's groundbreaking Policy Governance model is thebest-known, respected, and talked about governance model in theworld and has fundamentally influenced the way organizations aregoverned. Reinventing Your Board, second edition, is ahands-on, step-by-step guide that puts the model to work in themeeting-to-meeting lives of board members. It includes new policysamples and a new chapter on monitoring performance, as well asother practical "put-the-model-in-motion" advice. Thispopular and highly successful companion to Boards That Make aDifference contains the nuts-and-bolts materials needed forimplementing Policy Governance. The authors illustrate effectiveboard decision making, show how to craft useful policies, and offerpractical advice on such matters as setting the agenda, monitoringCEO performance, defining the board role, and more. Step-by-stepinstructions and sample policies make this a must-have resource forboards in the public and nonprofit sectors aiming to govern theirorganizations with excellence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carver, John

Carver, Miriam

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Policies.Figures and Exhibits.Preface to the Second Edition.Preface.Acknowledgments.The Authors.PART ONE. PREPARING FOR CHANGE.1. Setting the Stage: Are You Sure You're Ready for This?.2. The Theoretical Foundation: The Practicality of Sound Theory.3. Deciding to Implement Policy Governance: Looking Before You Leap.PART TWO. CRAFTING POLICIES.4. Executive Limitations Policies: Optimizing Empowerment by Setting Limits.5. Governance Process Policies: Defining the Board's Job.6. Board-Management Delegation Policies: Linking Governance to the CEO.7. Ends Policies: The Real Bottom Line.PART THREE. READY, STEADY, GO.8. Monitoring Organizational Performance: Getting the Right Information About the Right Things.9. The Board's Documents: Preserving the Board's Decisions.10. Implementation and Beyond: Concrete Steps Mirror Conceptual Integrity.Resources.A. A Sample Board Policy Manual.B. Sample Ends Policies.C. Sample Monitoring Reports.D. Selected Readings.Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Miriam Carver has worked with boards in both public andnonprofit sectors in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Sheis coeditor of the bimonthly Board Leadership and coauthor of thebooks A New Vision of Board Leadership, The Board Member'sPlaybook, and the CarverGuide Series on Effective BoardGovernance.