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The New Work of the Nonprofit Board
By Barbara E. Taylor & Richard P. Chait and Thomas P. Holland, Harvard Business Review on Nonprofits, 1999

Proposes a significant change in the work performed by nonprofit boards. The new work implies a deep knowledge of the institution priorities, an involvement in both definition and implementation of policies related to those important issues, and a new organization of the board. The authors provide several examples that illustrate how this board’s strategic contribution will help the institution advance its mission.

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