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Norman Barth Executive Director of Lutheran World Relief
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
board leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1542-7862
pISSN - 1061-4249
DOI - 10.1002/bl.38619920106
Subject(s) - executive director , agency (philosophy) , management , executive board , world war ii , action (physics) , latin americans , political science , executive committee , public administration , boundary (topology) , sociology , law , economics , social science , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is an international development agency based in New York. It began with relief efforts following World War II. Today it distributes many millions of dollars in nonsectarian aid and expertise in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. For several years, the board of directors of LWR has committed its wisdom and wishes to clearly written policy statements. Of those policies that instruct the chief executive, some capture the board's vision (Ends); some clarify the boundary of acceptability for staff action (Executive Limitations). Here, Dr. Norman Barth, executive director of LWR, spells out the effect of implementing this principle in his organization.