The power of boards in service providing agencies: three models.
Tensions in the relationship between boards and staff are a common feature of voluntary and nonprofit agencies which deliver services. Many of the difficulties reflect lack of clarity about the power of boards. The author describes three models of governance: traditional, membership, and entrepreneurial. Each model has different implications for the power of a board in relation to staff. Practitioners in nonprofit service delivering agencies in the UK have found the models to be a useful tool for explaining the practical difficulties they experience.
Centre for Voluntary Organisation, London School of Economics, England.
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D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006075:Governing Board / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom