GETTING STARTED WITH POLICY GOVERNANCE®¹ 

A NEW APPROACH TO BOARD EFFICIENCY FOR NHS ORGANISATIONS

Tuesday, 9 March, 2010

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Manchester Business School, Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PB, UK

 

£150 plus VAT including working lunch.

To register for this seminar please email coliver@goodtogovern.com. We will send you an invoice. Once payment has been received you will be sent a complimentary copy of Caroline's book "Getting Started with Policy Governance: Bringing Purpose, Integrity and Efficiency to your Boards work."

 

A few hours with Caroline Oliver, author of three books on Policy Governance – a revolutionary new framework for board leadership - will help you find a whole new level of clarity about:

Ø       The purpose of your board

Ø       The purpose of your organisation

Ø       How boards can lead without undermining their executives

Ø       Who does what – Chairs, other officers, executives, non-executives

Ø       Creating deeper policy and strategic discussions

Ø       Creating board unity and organisational alignment

OUTLINE PROGRAMME

10.00 a.m.

Who we Are and Why we are Here

 

10.30 a.m.

Contrasting Governance Approaches: Background on common governance approaches used in the NHS today

 

11.15 a.m.

Principles of Policy Governance

          The Chain of Accountability

·        Source Authority - Board – Operating Organisation

          The Nature of Board Authority

·        Highest – Initial – Group

          Effective Delegation

·        Pre-stated Expectations – Bounded Freedom – Rigorous Monitoring

 

11.45 a.m. 

Applying the Principles in Different NHS Settings: Based on analysis of participants’ organisations.

 

12.45 p.m.

LUNCH

 

1.45 p.m.

 Policy Governance in Action

        Board Job Description

        Policy Development – initial and continuing

        Monitoring Schedule

        Annual Planning

        Board and Executive Director Evaluation

             Individual Board Meeting Agenda Setting

 

2.30 p.m.

Applying the Practice in Different Settings: Based on analysis of participants’ organisations.

 

3.15 p.m.

Questions and Discussion: Based on analysis of participants’ priorities

 

3.40 p.m.

Evaluation

 

4.00 p.m.

Close

A complimentary copy of Caroline Oliver's latest book Getting Started with Policy Governance: will be sent to all participants upon receipt of their registration fee.  Further copies are available from Amazon, Borders and http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787987131.html

Directions to Venue

Detailed directions to Manchester Business School are available at: http://www.mbs.ac.uk/aboutus/directions.aspx

 

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¹Policy Governance® is the registered service mark of John Carver. Used with permission. The ® after Policy Governance is a symbol used to protect the integrity of the principles and practices that make up the Policy Governance model. Its use does not imply any financial obligation to the service mark owner. The authoritative website for the Policy Governance model can be found at www.carvergovernance.com.