Inside the Boardroom How Boards Really Work and the Coming Revolution in Corporate Governance

Name: Inside the Boardroom How Boards Really Work and the Coming Revolution in Corporate Governance
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ISBN: 9780470835203

ISBN-10: 0470835206

ISBN-13: 9780470835203

Edition: 2005

Authors: Richard Leblanc, James Gillies

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Distinguished governance experts offer cures for what ails our boards of directors In light of corporate malfeasance in recent years, the governance of corporations has been receiving great attention from regulators, researchers, shareholders, and directors themselves. Based on Richard Leblanc's in-depth five-year study of 39 boards of directors of both for- and not-for-profit organizations, Building a Better Board goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of boards of directors, including how they make decisions. Richard Leblanc, PhD (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is an award-winning teacher, lawyer, management consultant, and professor who teaches corporate governance at the…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/20/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.35" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Boards of Directors Have Failed and We Don't Know Why



The Many Forms of the Modern Corporations



Contemporary Directors: Who Are They, What Do They Do, and How Well Do They Do It?



Best Board Practices and Assessments: Necessary but Not Enough



The Traditional Board: The Triumph of Structure



The Effective Board: Function Not Form



Effective Directors for Effective Boards: Putting Them Together



The Director Behavioural Types



A Special Type pf Director: The Chair of the Board



"C-B-S-R"-How to Build a Better Board



The Coming Revolution in Corporate Governance



Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodologies: How Do They Differ?



The Research Process: Getting into the Boardrooms, Obtaining the Interviews and Analyzing the Data


Bibliography


Index