The High-Performance Board
Subtitle: Principles of Nonprofit Organization Governance (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit and Public Management Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: May 22, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780787956974
Subjects: Non-profitmaking organizations; Leadership; Business / Economics / Finance; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Nonprofit organizations; Management; Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; Boards of directors
First sentence: There are approximately 3.5 million boards in the United States.
Description: "Dennis D. Pointer and James E. Orlikoff--two of the country's most experienced and successful governance consultants--show you the way to high-performance governance. Drawing on their combined forty years of professional practice, the authors provide sixty-four practical principles a nonprofit board can use to dramatically improve its performance and contributions. The High-Performance Board is a concise, quick read for board members and executives of nonprofit organizations who want great governance and are serious about achieving it"--Jacket.