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Exploring the role of boards using total activities analysis
Author(s) -
Harris Margaret
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.4130030305
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , context (archaeology) , relation (database) , on board , exploratory analysis , business , exploratory research , public relations , accounting , sociology , political science , computer science , data science , engineering , data mining , social science , paleontology , biology , aerospace engineering
This article describes a response—called Total Activities Analysis (TAA)—to the problem of defining the role of boards. TAA places the board's role within the context of all the activities carried out by a voluntary or nonprofit agency. The distinctive features of the TAA approach to defining the board role are the following: (1) it is analytical and exploratory rather than prescriptive, and (2) it considers the role of boards in relation to other roles within agencies. Both paid staff and board members have found TAA to be a useful practical tool.