ABSTRACT
Governing boards play a crucial role in ensuring that public and non-profit organizations are publicly accountable and perform well. Until now, there have been relatively few detailed empirical studies of what boards do in practice, but this book fills that gap by bringing together analyses based upon some of the best recent empirical studies.Using
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Who governs?
part |2 pages
Part II What do boards do?
part |2 pages
Part III Roles, relationships and power
chapter 7|17 pages
Not so very different
A comparison of the roles of chairs of governing bodies and managers in different sectors
part |2 pages
Part IV Continuity and change
chapter 10|20 pages
The changing face of charity governance: the impact of organisational size
The impact of organisational