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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783461303321

Autore

Chait Richard

Titolo

Governance as leadership [[electronic resource] ] : reframing the work of nonprofit boards / / Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, Barbara E. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2005

ISBN

1-118-04591-2

1-280-26562-0

9786610265626

0-471-70440-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RyanWilliam P

TaylorBarbara E

Disciplina

658.4/22

Soggetti

Nonprofit organizations - Management

Corporate governance

Boards of directors

Trusts and trustees

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In imprint position: BoardSource.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards; Contents; About Board Source; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: First Principles; Chapter 2: Problem Boards or Board Problems?; Chapter 3: Type I Governing: Fiduciary; Chapter 4: Type II Governing: Strategic; Chapter 5: Type III: Generative Thinking; Chapter 6: Type III: Generative Governing; Chapter 7: Working Capital That Makes Governance Work; Chapter 8: Where to Next?; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A new framework for helping nonprofit organizations maximize the effectiveness of their boards.Written by noted consultants and researchers attuned to the needs of practitioners, Governance as Leadership redefines nonprofit governance. It provides a powerful framework for a new covenant between trustees and executives: more macrogovernance in exchange for less micromanagement. Informed by theories that have transformed the practice of organizational



leadership, this book sheds new light on the traditional fiduciary and strategic work of the board and introduces a critica