
Getting Started with Policy Governance
Bringing Purpose, Integrity and Efficiency to Your Board's Work
Caroline Oliver(Author)
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. January 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7879-8713-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this newest book on the Policy Governance approach to board leadership created by John Carver, Caroline Oliver gives readers practical, hands-on tools for getting the most from the system in the day-to-day operation of their boards. In the Policy Governance Fieldbook, Oliver explored the experience of 11 organizations that succeeded and failed in using Policy Governance. Now, she has drawn upon the most important lessons from that experience as well as her experience in helping many more organizations along the Policy Governance road to governing excellence. The result is a wealth of tools and resources for helping readers to:
Decide if Policy Governance is right for them
Identify and link with owners
Develop means policies
Create Ends policies
Monitor Policies
Run meetings
Evaluate
Plan for the future
Decide if Policy Governance is right for them
Identify and link with owners
Develop means policies
Create Ends policies
Monitor Policies
Run meetings
Evaluate
Plan for the future
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Drawings: 2 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 11 B&W, 0 Color; Exhibits: 35 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
482 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-8713-8 (9780787987138)
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Getting Started with Policy Governance
Bringing Purpose, Integrity and Efficiency to Your Board's Work
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Getting Started with Policy Governance
Bringing Purpose, Integrity and Efficiency to Your Board's Work
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Persons
Caroline Oliver is chief executive of Good to Govern Ltd. and founding chair of the International Policy Governance Association and the UK Policy Governance Association which promote and support nonprofit and for-profit boards' use of the Policy Governance system. She is an international governance consultant with clients in the US, UK and Canada.www.goodtogovern.com
Content
List of Tools vii
Foreword ix
John Carver
Author's Note xvii
Acknowledgments xix
About the Author xxi
About This Book xxiii
1 Exploring Policy Governance 1
2 Choosing Policy Governance-or Not! 13
3 Knowing Who Owns Your Organization 41
4 Understanding the Policy in Policy Governance 69
5 What Does Your Ownership Want? Creating Ends Policies 89
6 How Can You Govern How Your Ends Are Achieved? 113
Creating Means Policies
7 How Can You Keep Your Board Accountable? Monitoring 137
Your Policies
8 Embarking on Policy Governance 165
Policy Governance Resources 205
References 213
Index 217
Foreword ix
John Carver
Author's Note xvii
Acknowledgments xix
About the Author xxi
About This Book xxiii
1 Exploring Policy Governance 1
2 Choosing Policy Governance-or Not! 13
3 Knowing Who Owns Your Organization 41
4 Understanding the Policy in Policy Governance 69
5 What Does Your Ownership Want? Creating Ends Policies 89
6 How Can You Govern How Your Ends Are Achieved? 113
Creating Means Policies
7 How Can You Keep Your Board Accountable? Monitoring 137
Your Policies
8 Embarking on Policy Governance 165
Policy Governance Resources 205
References 213
Index 217