Nine Steps to Effective Governance

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NINE STEPS TO EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE CONCEPTS, CHALLENGES, STRUCTURES AND CHANGE

Quick reference guides The resource concludes with a set of quick reference guides that summarise each of the Nine Steps.

Online resources @ www.sportnz.org.nz/governance Resources referred to in this section include: •

Board charter and governance policies

Standing committees of the board – terms of reference

Incorporated society – sample constitution

Charitable trust – sample deed

Research report Organisational Change in Seven Selected Sports

Further readings: Concepts, challenges, structures and change Bailey, M 1996,

The Troublesome Board Member, National Center for Nonprofit Boards, Washington.

Behan, B 2011,

Great Companies Deserve Great Boards: A CEO’s Guide to the Boardroom, Palgrave MacMillan, New York.

Block, S R 1998,

Perfect Nonprofit Boards: Myths, Paradoxes and Paradigms, Simon and Schuster Custom Publishing, Needham Heights.

Bosch, H 1995,

The Director at Risk: Accountability in the Boardroom, Pitman Publishing, Melbourne.

Brountas, P P 2004,

Boardroom Excellence: A Commonsense Perspective on Corporate Governance, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco.

Carter, C B & Lorsch, Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Corporate Boards for a J W 2004, Complex World, Harvard Business School Press, Boston. Carver, J 1990,

Boards that Make a Difference, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco.

Carver, J with Oliver, Corporate Boards that Create Value, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San C 2002, Francisco. Carver, J 1997,

The Chairperson’s Role as Servant-Leader to the Board, Jossey-Bass Publishers, Carver Guide Series, No. 4, San Francisco.

Chait, R P 1994,

How to Help Your Board Govern More and Manage Less, National Center for Nonprofit Boards, Washington.

Chait, R P, Holland, T P & Taylor, B E 1996,

Improving the Performance of Governing Boards, Oryx Press, Phoenix.

Chait, R P, Ryan, W P & Taylor, B E 2005,

Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken.

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