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Article: Articulate a conceptual framework. (decision making among board of directors)
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- Directors & Boards
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- June 22, 1997
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A worthy goal of such an exercise is to lessen the ambiguity of director decisionmaking.
No one, including directors and their critics, understands how boards really work! The problem is lack of a conceptual framework.
A rudimentary conceptual framework need not be articulated in order to exist. Practitioners of a simple craft, for example, can apply similar principles without ever discussing what they are doing, why, or to what end. But more complex practice generally requires discussion among those involved in order to succeed. Too many interrelationships and different kinds of situations are involved for participants to track without communicating with one ...