The structure of the board as well as the behaviour of the individual board members are fundamental aspects high-performing organisations and are crucial factors in delivering integrated governance. Whether the board is effective and the framework works in practise will be influenced by the organisational culture, ethos and behaviour of key individuals. The real challenge is not just to design appropriate processes to identify, evaluate, manage and control risk but to ensure that these are embedded into the culture of the organisation. The leadership from the Chair and CEO is essential to establish the right culture and requires them to “lead by example” to ensure that frontline staff understand their role and responsibilities and to carry them out properly and…
According to the there are two types of governing board which are “Active board governance is defined as taking a proactive and visible role in key strategic plans and controls, including those normative roles that experts consider to be essential for boards…
McDonagh, K. (2006). The Effectiveness of Hospital Governing Boards. Journal of Healthcare Management Article. Retrieved from http://www.allbusiness.com/corporate-governance/4109245-1.html…
“In shared governance, as in nursing, the primary resources for practice are the providers themselves. Thus, to control practice, nurses must have influence over themselves as a professional group,” ( Hess, R. 2011. P.3). I believe when shared governance is actually thoroughly exercised, nurses claim the power they can have by utilizing leadership and optimal practice. I strongly believe this mindset can greatly improve job satisfaction and patient care outcomes.…
I would make the board of directors responsible for controlling, monitoring, or supervising top management (Wheelen, p. 45). The guidance that the board of directors provides is much needed and top management will follow the boards lead.…
References: Copp, B. (January 1996) Evaluating Board Performance. University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives. Retrieved July 20, 2013 from http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/issues/Governance/board.html…
No formal competence or accounting training for Board Members could lead to lack of effective and knowledgeable oversight…
www.coso.org. 2009. Effective Enterprise Risk Management Oversight: The Role of the Board of Directors. [Online] Available at: http://www.coso.org/documents/COSOBoardsERM4pager-FINALRELEASEVERSION82409_001.pdf [Accessed: 04 Nov 2013].…
• The purpose of this report is to evaluate the role of corporate governance in the organization and the impact of it on the major stakeholders. I would like to evaluate that to which extend the principles of corporate governance are applied in the respective organization and how much the organization have achieved its obligations toward the major stakeholders.…
Policy governance, as indicated by Dr. John Carver, is a groundbreaking model of governance designed to empower boards of directors to fulfill the obligation of accountability for the organizations they govern. It is a complete theory as it informs board planning, mission, control of the agenda, budgeting, relationships in all aspects, fiduciary responsibility, and all other aspects of the board. This model is a thorough example of the board being in control and having complete leadership.…
Social networks such as Facebook can provide a lot of benefits to members of an organization: 1.Connections with peers: The main function of Facebook is to provide connections between friends with similar interests. 2 . Sharing resources: Many of the popular Facebook applications are used for sharing resources. 3.Web presence: Since November 2007, although Facebook was originally designed for use by individuals, it can also be used as a Web hosting service for an organizational page. During recent years, Facebook has generated a large amount of interest. Much of the interest has arisen since Facebook…
The importance of Good Governance are increasing their level of engagement with boards; developing a better understanding of board dynamics and the effectiveness on governance arrangements; and heightening their expectations of boards, particularly in the governance of risk. This work is being carried on largely behind the scenes, as part of supervisors’ more…
Now Govt. are facing problem in wake of social and technology, publics are demanding efficient…
Acronyms ................................................................................................................................. 5 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 6 1. 1 RATIONALE FOR DECENTRALISATION ...................................................................................... 6 1.2 THE GENESIS OF DECENTRALISATION EFFORT IN ZAMBIA ........................................................... 6 1.3 OUTLINE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ............................................................................... 8 2. MAIN ELEMENTS OF DECENTRALISATION POLICY OF ZAMBIA ......................... 9 2.1 THE GOVERNMENT VISION AND OBJECTIVES FOR DECENTRALISATION .................................... 9 2.2 WHAT DECENTRALISATION IMPLIES ......................................................................................... 9 2.3 PHASES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DECENTRALISATION POLICY ........................................ 10 3. MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE DECENTRALISATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN12 3.1 AIM OF THE DECENTRALISATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN…
Drug trafficking is a subject which I have lived directly while growing up in Colombia, one of the most stigmatized places on this concerned, we have lived one of the worst drug era that has existed, people may think that being there for your whole life you can witness on the streets and on every corner of your hometown people trading money for drugs or that you have a relative that works or has something to do with it, or all of your friends and why not yourself is consuming or trading drugs, the reality is away from that, or at least based on my experience and my own context, drugs for me a new generation of colombians that did not experienced the 1980's and the “gold era” of drug trafficking personally, the drugs are a concerned of mostly the Guerrillas (which is the way they survive) and the “big fishes” and no regular people on the streets in a city like Bogotá, well of course there is a market that exists and people consume and people buy and sell, but the consumers are not an major issue to the government having bigger problems to deal with right now; the drug trafficking, have had its ups and downs and right now the social security, order and statistics and even the regular normal life outside, the simple fact of being able of traveling almost any part of the country you want, you can tell how much the conditions have change and how almost without the intervention of the international law and the international community they situation it is now better somehow, almost may be consider as a miracle.…