The chairman is the highest office of an organized group such as a board A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. The body sometimes has a different name, such as board of trustees, board of governors, board of managers, or executive board. It is often simply referred to as "the board.", committee A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole". Committees often serve several different functions:, or deliberative assembly A deliberative assembly is an organization comprising members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group. The chairman presides over meetings A meeting is a gathering of two or more people that has been convened for the purpose of achieving a common goal through verbal interaction, such as sharing information or reaching agreement. Meetings may occur face to face or virtually, as mediated by communications technology, such as a telephone conference call, a skyped conference call or a of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion.[1] When the group is not in session, the officer's duties often include acting as its head, its representative to the outside world and its spokesperson.

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Terminology

Other terms sometimes used for the office and its holder include presiding officer, president A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country, moderator, chair, and convener.[2][3][4] The chairman of a parliamentary chamber is often called the speaker The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the house. The speaker often also.[5][6] Though chairwoman is sometimes used as a female counterpart to chairman, the terms chair and chairperson are sometimes used to avoid gendered titles altogether.[7][8] The National Association of Parliamentarians NAP was organized in 1930. As of June 2008, NAP had a membership of about 3,560 parliamentarians in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, and internationally. This included 317 who have been certified as Professional Registered Parliamentarians, the highest level of proficiency does not approve using "chairperson."[9] In the United States, the presiding officer of the "lower" house of a legislative body, such as the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as the "House," is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, the upper house being the United States Senate, is frequently titled the Speaker, while the "upper" house, such as the Senate The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution . Each U.S state is represented by two senators, regardless of population. Senators serve staggered, is commonly chaired by a President.

A vice-chairman, subordinate to the chairman, is sometimes chosen to assist the chairman[10] and to serve as chairman in the absence of the chairman, or when a motion involving the chairman is being discussed[1]. In the absence of the chairman and vice chairman, groups sometimes elect a chairman pro tempore Pro tempore , pro tem or p.t. is a Latin phrase which best translates to "for the time being" in English. This phrase is often used to describe a person who acts as a locum tenens (placeholder) in the absence of a superior, such as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate to fill the role for a single meeting.[1]

The word chair can refer to the place from which the holder of the office presides, whether on a chair, at a lectern, or elsewhere. During meetings, the person presiding is said to be “in the chair”, the person is also referred to as “the chair.” Parliamentary procedure Parliamentary procedure is the body of rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings and other operations of clubs, organizations, legislative bodies, and other deliberative assemblies. It is part of the common law originating primarily in the practices of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from which it derives its name requires that members address the “chair” rather than the “chairman,” or by using a person's name. This is one of many customs indended to maintain the presiding officer's impartiality and insuring an objective and impersonal approach.[1]

Riddick's Rules of Procedure Riddick's Rules of Procedure is a parliamentary authority - a manual on parliamentary procedure written by Floyd M. Riddick and co-authored by Miriam Butcher. The book, based on Riddick's experience as parliamentarian of the United States Senate as well as the procedures of assemblies using parliamentary manuals such as Robert's Rules of Order, is, among others, claim an etymology of chairman as derived from the Latin manus, and uses this to claim gender-neutrality for the word. Etymologists consider this a false etymology.[11] The genuine etymology of the word is from "chair" (a seat or office of authority) and "man", a person.[7][12][13]

Corporate governance

A Chairman is selected by a company's board to lead the board of directors A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. The body sometimes has a different name, such as board of trustees, board of governors, board of managers, or executive board. It is often simply referred to as "the board.", preside over meetings, and lead the board to consensus Consensus is defined in English as, firstly - general agreement and, secondly - group solidarity of belief or sentiment. It has its origin in a Latin word meaning literally to feel together from the disparate points of view of its members. The chairman is the presiding director over the other directors on the board and is expected to be fair, a good listener, and a good communicator. [14]

In public companies A public company or publicly traded company is a company that has permission to offer its registered securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or occasionally a company whose stock is traded over the counter (OTC) via market makers who use non-exchange quotation services, the role of the chairman of the board is distinct from that of the company's CEO or managing director A managing director or MD is a director of a company given special powers by its articles of association. In most companies, the managing director is the senior executive director, subordinate only to the chairman of the board.[15] This point has more recently been brought into focus after corporate governance Corporate governance is the set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting the way a corporation is directed, administered or controlled. Corporate governance also includes the relationships among the many stakeholders involved and the goals for which the corporation is governed. The principal stakeholders are the shortcomings were observed in companies where the two roles are combined. It is believed that the separation of functions The separation of powers, also known as trias politica,is a model for the governance of democratic states. The model was first developed in ancient Greece and came into widespread use by the Roman Republic as part of the uncodified Constitution of the Roman Republic. Under this model, the state is divided into branches, each with separate and within the board of directors or in the structure of the supervisory board and management board would facilitate control over the workings of the company and increase the accountability of the CEO or chairman of the management board. [16]

In an attempt to inject transparency Transparency, as used in the humanities and in a social context more generally, implies openness, communication, and accountability. It is a metaphorical extension of the meaning a "transparent" object is one that can be seen through. Transparent procedures include open meetings, financial disclosure statements, the freedom of into the relationship between executive management and the board of directors as well as between management and the market or shareholders, the UK Cadbury Report was published in 1992. Its recommendations have been adopted to a greater or lesser extent by some countries within the European Union The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht in 1993 upon the foundations of the European Communities. With over 500 million citizens, the EU combined generated an estimated 28% share (US$ 16.5 and the United States, as well as by the World Bank World Bank is a term used to describe an international financial institution that provides leveraged loans to developing countries for capital programs. The World Bank has a stated goal of reducing poverty.

Chairman of the Board types

In the case of companies and similarly-organized bodies, there are generally two types of chairmen, non-executive and executive.

Non-executive

A non-executive Chairman of the Board is and does the following:[17]

Executive

An executive Chairman of the Board is and does the following:[18]

The chairman often sets the style of leadership of the board which in turn filters down through the organization.

See also

References

Look up chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, or preside in Wiktionary Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians", using wiki software, allowing articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website, the free dictionary.
  1. ^ a b c d Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised Robert's Rules of Order is the short title of a book containing rules of order intended to be adopted as a parliamentary authority for use by a deliberative assembly, 10th edition, Perseus Books Group, Cambridge MA, 2000
  2. ^ Sturgis, Alice; American Institute of Parliamentarians The American Institute of Parliamentarians is a not-for-profit educational organization founded in 1958 for the advancement of parliamentary procedure. From a first-year membership of only 48 members, AlP has grown into a progressive association with active chapters and regions. More than 1,200 members reside in the 50 states, the District of (2001). The standard code of parliamentary procedure (Fourth ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 11. ISBN The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) code created by Gordon Foster, now Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, for the booksellers and stationers W.H. Smith and others in 1966 978-0071365130
  3. ^ "moderator". Chambers 21st Century Dictionary via Search Chambers. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Chambers Harrap Publishers is a reference publisher based in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom and now holds the property rights of the venerable W.R.Chambers Publishers and its competitor George G. Harrap and Company (founded: 1901). http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/main?query=Moderator&title=21st.
  4. ^ Although convener means someone who summons (convenes) a meeting, the convener may take the chair. The Oxford English Dictionary The Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press, is a dictionary of the English language. Two fully-bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989. As of December 2008[update], the editors had completed one quarter of a third edition (2nd edition 1989) offers this citation: 1833 Act 3-4 Will. IV, c. 46 §43 “The convener, who shall preside at such committee, shall be entitled to a casting vote.” This meaning is most commonly found in assemblies with Scottish heritage.
  5. ^ "Speeches: The many roles of the Speaker". Office of the Speaker, Parliament of New Zealand The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and, until 1951, the New Zealand Legislative Council. The House of Representatives is often referred to as "Parliament". 2006-02-01. http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/Admin/Speaker/Speeches/1/1/9/119e71c13d954e63bd049231bdee91e9.htm.
  6. ^ "About Parliament: The Lord Speaker". Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and its territories. At its head is the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth. http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/principal/lord_speaker.cfm. Retrieved 2008-10-23. "... responsibilities of the Lord Speaker include chairing the Lords debating chamber,..."
  7. ^ a b ""Chairman"". Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). 2006. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chairman. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  8. ^ ""Chairperson"". Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). 2006. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chairperson. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
  9. ^ Zimmerman, Doris P. (1997). Robert's Rules in Plain English. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) code created by Gordon Foster, now Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, for the booksellers and stationers W.H. Smith and others in 1966 0062734768.
  10. ^ "vice-chairman". dictionary.com. http://dictionary.infoplease.com/vice-chairman.
  11. ^ "Chairman". wordorigins. http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/2006/04/.
  12. ^ "Chairman". www.dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chairman.
  13. ^ See also The American Heritage Dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary, the online edition of the current Merriam-Webster dictionary, Word Origins by Anatoly Liberman (page 88), Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (page 235)
  14. ^ [1] Typical executive roles & responsibilities
  15. ^ [2] The Board of Directors: Composition, Structure, Duties and Powers
  16. ^ [3] Division of Responsibilities between the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the Senior Independent Director, the Vice Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer
  17. ^ [4] The Non-Executive Chairman Comes of Age
  18. ^ [5] ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES Executive Chairman of the Board

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Corporate titles Publicly and privately held for-profit corporations confer corporate titles or business titles on company officials as a means of identifying their function in the organization. In addition, many non-profit organizations, educational institutions, partnerships, and sole proprietorships also confer corporate titles. The following is a list of
Titles Chief accounting officer A chief accounting officer is typically responsible for overseeing all aspects of an organization's accounting function. The C-level position often reports to top level management and requires extensive experience · Chief administrative officer A chief administrative officer is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive officer. In some companies, the CAO is also the president. It is very similar · Chief analytics officer Chief analytics officer is a job title for the senior manager responsible for the analysis of data within an organization, such as a listed company or an educational institution. The CAO often reports to the chief executive officer · Chief brand officer A chief brand officer is a relatively new executive level position at a corporation, company, organization, or agency, typically reporting directly to the CEO or board of directors. The CBO is responsible for a brand's image, experience, and promise, and propagating it throughout all aspects of the company. The brand officer oversees marketing, · Chief channel officer Chief channel officer is a corporate title for the person responsible for all indirect revenue with a partner within an organization. The Channel Chief typically reports to the chief executive officer as a corporate officer or to the Chief Operations Officer (COO). The CCO is usually an executive or senior vice president position · Chief commercial officer · Chief compliance officer The chief compliance officer of a company is the officer primarily responsible for overseeing and managing compliance issues within an organization. Generally, a CCO is in charge of overseeing and managing compliance issues within an organization, ensuring, for example, that a company is complying with regulatory requirements, and that the company · Chief communications officer The chief communications officer or CCO is a job title for the head of communications, public relations and/or public affairs within an organization. Most typically, the CCO reports to the chief executive officer of a corporate entity or president of an operating unit. The CCO may be a member of the executive board of the organization or business · Chief data officer A chief data officer is a corporate officer who is the manager for enterprise-wide data processing and data mining. The CDO typically reports to the chief technology officer (CTO) or the chief executive officer (CEO) · Chief detail officer · Chief executive officer A chief executive officer or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer (executive) or administrator in charge of total management of an organization. An individual appointed as CEO of a corporation, company, organization, or agency reports to the board of directors · Chief financial officer The chief financial officer is a corporate officer primarily responsible for managing the financial risks of the corporation. This officer is also responsible for financial planning and record-keeping, as well as financial reporting to higher management. In some sectors the CFO is also responsible for analysis of data. The title is equivalent to · Chief information officer The chief information officer is a job title commonly given to the most senior executive in an enterprise responsible for the information technology and computer systems that support enterprise goals. The CIO typically reports to the chief executive officer, chief operations officer or chief financial officer. In military organizations, they · Chief information security officer A chief information security officer is the senior-level executive within an organization responsible for establishing and maintaining the enterprise vision, strategy and program to ensure information assets are adequately protected. The CISO directs staff in identifying, developing, implementing and maintaining processes across the organization · Chief knowledge officer A chief knowledge officer is an organizational leader, responsible for ensuring that the organization maximizes the value it achieves through "knowledge". The CKO is responsible for managing intellectual capital and the custodian of Knowledge Management practices in an organization. CKO is not just a relabelling of the title "chief · Chief learning officer A Chief Learning Officer is the highest-ranking corporate officer concerning talent or learning management of a corporation or agency. CLOs can be experts in corporate or personal training, with degrees in education, instructional design, business or similar · Chief legal officer A chief legal officer is the highest-ranking corporate officer concerning legal affairs of a corporation or agency. Chief legal officers typically hold the title of general counsel · Chief marketing officer Chief Marketing Officer is a corporate title referring to an executive responsible for various marketing in an organization. Most often the position reports to the chief executive officer. The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is usually present in the C-suite with the other CXOs. This title is relatively new and the distinction between a CMO and a · Chief networking officer The chief networking officer is a business networking position in a company or other organization. The term refers less commonly to a technical executive position in the computer industry · Chief operating officer · Chief procurement officer · Chief risk officer · Chief science officer · Chief strategy officer · Chief technical officer · Chief visionary officer · Chief Web Officer · Chief human resources officer
See also Board of directors · Supervisory board · Chairman of the Board · Corporate governance · Creative director · Executive compensation · Executive director · Fiduciary · General counsel · Management team · Managing director · Non-executive director · Corner office
Parliamentary Procedure
Major concepts Deliberative assembly · Motions · Main motion · Quorum · Session · Chair · Committee · Committee of the whole · Dilatory motions and tactics · Minutes · Second · History of parliamentary procedure · Principles of parliamentary procedure · Voting methods in deliberative assemblies · Floor
Subsidiary motions Postpone indefinitely · Amend · Commit · Postpone to a certain time · Limit or extend limits of debate · Previous question · Lay upon the table · Place upon the table
Privileged motions Call for the orders of the day · Raise a question of privilege · Recess · Adjourn · Fix the time to which to adjourn
Incidental motions Point of order · Appeal · Suspend the rules · Objection to the consideration of a question · Division of a question · Consideration by paragraph or seriatim · Division of the assembly · Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls · Motions relating to nominations
Incidental motions (Requests and inquiries) Parliamentary inquiry · Point of information · Request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion · Request to read papers · Request to be excused from a duty · Request for any other privilege
Motions that bring a question again before the assembly Take from the table · Rescind, repeal, annul or amend something previously adopted · Discharge a committee · Reconsider
Legislative procedure Call of the house · Hoist · Pass on
Disciplinary procedures Censure · Declare the chair vacant · Impeach
Parliamentary authorities Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) · The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC or Sturgis) · Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure · Riddick's Rules of Procedure · Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure · Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice

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