Shared governance

The Institute On Governance defines arrangements has been developed over the past governance as the process whereby societies or couple of decades to try and improve coordination – organizations make important decisions and particularly between the federal and the provincial determine whom they involve and how they render and territorial governments. [...] In all the cases we reviewed except one, government nominees Multiple Accountabilities automatically assume a position on the board.6 This can make it difficult for the board to ensure that it As with the issue of representation, the has the right balance of skills, interests and accountability relationships of the directors of the demographics. [...] The duty of loyalty carries a touch with their constituencies in order to responsibility to act in the best interests of the understand their needs and desires, should corporation, to avoid parochialism and impropriety, communicate this information to the board, and and to declare conflicts of interest. [...] Due to the public purpose of the shared governance Consider the situation when the organization’s organizations, and to the fact that their funding budget is being prepared. [...] The composition of the Chief Executive Officer and staff of the governing bodies of these organizations is intended organization and the funding division of Health to provide a vehicle for intergovernmental and Canada – and not by the federal government intersectoral collaboration on a common agenda in representative on the board.