CERTIFIED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS OF ALBERTA $10,000 AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CASE IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
NACRA—CMA-Alberta
2011 Request for Submissions

The North American Case Research Association (NACRA) is a nonprofit, voluntary professional association whose mission is to promote excellence in case research, writing, and teaching in business and other administrative disciplines. NACRA, along with its partner nonprofit organization, Certified Management Accountants Of Alberta (CMA-Alberta) will make a $10,000 award at NACRA’s October 2011 Conference in San Antonio, Texas, to the case submitted for review which is deemed to be the most outstanding teaching case on corporate governance.

Definition of Corporate Governance for purposes of the award:

Corporate governance refers to the system by which an organization is directed and controlled. For the purpose of this case competition, governance cases should focus on the issues, problems and concerns associated with the roles, responsibilities, structure, decision-making authority and accountability of the Board of Directors. Illustrative examples of possible governance topics/issues include the following:

• The relationship between the board and the CEO/Executive Director including Board/CEO conflicts and his/her recruitment, selection, motivation, evaluation, compensation, termination and/or succession;
• The role, responsibility and specific activities of the board in determining (with management) the strategic direction of the organization;
• The role, responsibilities, decision-making authority, and accountability of the Board Chair including his/her relationship with the CEO, other board members, board committees and/or other stakeholders;
• The board’s role in providing financial oversight and risk monitoring;
• The board’s response to and involvement in corporate social responsibility;
• The board’s actions in averting and/or responding to a crisis;
• The determination of an organization’s appropriate governance structure (i.e. defining the board’s/committee’s roles, responsibilities and decision making authority in varying circumstances—or over time);
• The recruitment, selection, motivation, evaluation, compensation, termination and/or succession of board members and their assignment to committees; and
• The board’s relationship with and accountability to stakeholders.
  

Cases dealing with all types of organizations—including publicly traded, not-for-profit, charitable, state-controlled--will be welcomed. Preference will be given to well-written shorter cases (10-20 total pages). The winning case will be used in the Director’s College at McMaster University initially and may be submitted for publication afterward.

Cases should be submitted on-line by June 30, 2011 to the Corporate Governance Track for the 2011 NACRA Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, in October 2011. If you have a question about the submission and review process, please contact Marlene M. Reed, Corporate Governance Case Award Chair, at Marlene_Reed@baylor.edu.