Good governance is a choice : a way to re-create your board the right way / Randy Quinn and Linda J. Dawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Randy.

Contributor:

Dawson, Linda J., 1952-

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School boards.

School board-superintendent relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2011.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Good Governance is a Choice is a book about, and for, boards of public and non-profit organizations. Its central focus is on public school boards, but the governing model it introduces, Coherent Governance , is applicable to any board of any type. The model offers a process for boards to control operational decisions without making them, allowing them to spend the dominant part of their time on what matters.

Contents:

Why don't boards perform better?

What does a "high performing board" look like?

Governing coherently, or incoherently?

Constructing the board's own governing culture

The board's relationship with its CEO

Controlling operational decisions without helping the CEO manage

Demanding and achieving results

The board's relationship with its CEO, continued

Monitoring everything!

Systemic application and alignment

Governing coherently: how can a board transform itself?

Appendix A: board self assessment

Appendix B: operational expectation monitoring report

Appendix C: results monitoring report.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41665-4

979-82-16-27502-2

1-283-03112-4

9786613031129

1-61048-314-6

OCLC:

712067633