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Can policy governance® enhance the complex job of state commissions and boards?
Author(s) -
Hermen Larry
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
board leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1542-7862
pISSN - 1061-4249
DOI - 10.1002/bl.38620036602
Subject(s) - corporate governance , state (computer science) , public administration , business , law and economics , political science , economics , finance , computer science , algorithm
The practice of Policy Governance by a state‐appointed commission or board is often complicated by the circumstances that spurred its creation and the realities that guide its operation. This is especially true when state legislatures create commissions and boards that have their members appointed by the governor. How can a state commission or board so conceived enjoy many of the benefits found by nonprofit boards practicing Policy Governance? How can such a commission or board navigate the often built‐ in challenges to the main principles of Policy Governance, especially as it relates to the role of its executive? Governance consultant Larry Hermen, a graduate of the Policy Governance Academy, briefly describes the accomplishments thus far by such a board in Michigan.