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Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World

Colin B. Carter, Jay W. Lorsch

242 pages, parution le 21/11/2003

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Résumé

Business scandals from Enron to WorldCom have escalated concerns about corporate governance into a full-blown crisis. Institutional investors and legislators have dominated the debate and enacted important changes in corporate accounting and other areas. But Colin B. Carter and Jay W. Lorsch say that we must now focus on the performance of corporate boards.
This timely book argues that boards are being pressed to perform unrealistic duties given their traditional structure, processes, and membership. Carter and Lorsch propose a strategic redesign of boards--making them better attuned to their oversight, decision-making, and advisory roles--to enable directors to meet 21st century challenges successfully. Based on the authors' deep expertise and longtime experience working with boards around the world, and on a probing survey of CEOs, Carter and Lorsch help boards to develop a realistic value proposition customized to the company they serve.
The authors explore the core dilemmas and responsibilities boards face and outline a framework for designing the most effective structure, makeup, size, and culture. This book provides a candid account of the current state of boards and points the way in a time of crisis and change.

Subjects Covered:
Board of directors, Corporate governance, Decision making, Ethics, General management, Managerial skills, Managers, Organizational structure.

Board Design - time for action
Struggling boards
Best practice contradictions
Different roles for different boards
Structures that work
Building and sustaining the right team
Building knowledge and using it wisely
Behind closed doors
Getting down to work
Appendix: the survey of CEOs
Notes
Index

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Harvard Business School Press (HBS)
Auteur(s)	Colin B. Carter, Jay W. Lorsch
Parution	21/11/2003
Nb. de pages	242
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	570g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781578517763
ISBN13	978-1-57851-776-3