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Getting Started with Policy Governance
Bringing Purpose, Integrity and Efficiency to Your Board's Work
"What a truly outstanding and thought-provoking book. It changed how I work with Boards overnight and forever! If we all took the advice within the pages of this book, then organizations would deliver greater value to their owners and be better places to work."—Dr. Jay Bevington, Assurance and Advisory Public Sector, Deloitte & Touche LLP "This is a great read! Such a book is long overdue. It's comprehensive, accessible, and fills a big gap in the market."—Geraldine Peacock, former chair, The Charity Commission
Caroline Oliver (Author), John Carver (Foreword by)
9780787987138, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 16 January 2009
256 pages, Drawings: 2 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 11 B&W, 0 Color; Exhibits: 35 B&W, 0 Color
23.9 x 17.9 x 1.6 cm, 0.422 kg
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:
List of Tools vii Foreword ix 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
John Carver
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
