TY  - JOUR
AB  - This case describes a community-based healthcare clinic and the issues facing the management and board of directors. The issues raised are common problems faced by all types of nonprofit organizations: insufficient fundraising and marketing policies to guide board decision making, confusion over staff and board roles in decision making, poorly thought-out bylaws that contribute to the confusion over board and staff roles, the challenge of harnessing the diverse backgrounds and opinions of a community-based board of directors, and lack of sound financial planning.The Whitney Clinic case identifies common pitfalls in board governance and includes a roleplay to help students understand the difficulties inherent in implementing the basics of good governance.
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SN  - 2474-6568
DO  - 10.1108/case.kellogg.2016.000370
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/case.kellogg.2016.000370
AU  - Donnelly Anne Cohn
AU  - Scott Walter
AU  - Kathy Shaw
AU  - Millie Gong
AU  - Lydia Morris
AU  - Michael Roark
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - The Whitney Clinic
T2  - Kellogg School of Management Cases
PB  - Kellogg School of Management
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -