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Achieving Broadened Accountability In Nonprofit Governance Through Social Competence Within A Community Of Practice, J. Bart Morrison
Achieving Broadened Accountability In Nonprofit Governance Through Social Competence Within A Community Of Practice, J. Bart Morrison
Management, Marketing, and Organizational Communication Department Faculty Works
The nonprofit sector is challenged by increasing public and stakeholder demands for a Broadened Accountability (BA). Strong expectations for performance accountability now accompany those for fiscal accountability. In response, better concepts of nonprofit accountability and associated practices to achieve it are being developed in the literature. However, knowledge of obstacles to achieving Broadened Accountability and possible paths towards overcoming them has lagged. This paper attempts to stimulate research and contribute to such knowledge by 1) elaborating on the assertion that a central difficulty is found in a pair of perceived governance dilemmas that can drive leaders into either/or choices between …
Achieving Broadened Accountability In Nonprofit Governance, J. Bart Morrison
Achieving Broadened Accountability In Nonprofit Governance, J. Bart Morrison
Management, Marketing, and Organizational Communication Department Faculty Works
Knowledge of obstacles to achieving Broadened Accountability (BA) in the nonprofit sector and possible paths towards overcoming them has lagged. This paper attempts to stimulate research and contribute to such knowledge by exploring the role that a Community of Practice (CoP) can play in avoiding governance dilemmas and developing grounded concepts around how certain relational practices contribute to the formation of a CoP. The study's ethnographic methods recorded and analyzed real-life interactions involving a board chair-CEO pair. The paper presents narrative description of these actions to convey its key contribution - a process model for overcoming obstacles to achieving BA.
Towards Achieving Broadened Accountability: Transcending Governance Dilemmas, J. Bart Morrison
Towards Achieving Broadened Accountability: Transcending Governance Dilemmas, J. Bart Morrison
Management, Marketing, and Organizational Communication Department Faculty Works
Demands for Broadened Accountability (BA) of nonprofit organizations require that boards achieve a high level of engagement to address important issues properly (Morrison & Salipante, 2007). This paper presents the theoretical basis for boards falling short of such engagement and specifies fundamental obstacles leaders face in achieving BA. One set of especially salient obstacles is conceptualized as false governance dilemmas. Two are considered in this paper: legitimacy vs. efficiency (Di Maggio & Powell, 1983; Deephouse, 1996; Morrison & Salipante, 2006) and conflict/monitoring vs. cooperation/collaboration. Two broadly defined relational practices – integrative bargaining (Walton & McKersie, 1965) and maintenance of high-trust/high-distrust …