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CGOV.11:2 - Problem

An executive recommendation can be circulated as if the board had approved it. A meeting can contain enough people but too few eligible participants for its particular matter. Minutes can omit a condition that made the proposal acceptable. A later signature can then commit the company to something the decision did not permit.

The converse also occurs: participants repeatedly ask for an approval already supplied by effective delegation, while delaying the authorized work. Correct performance requires the actual decision conditions, not a universal preference for more meetings.