Leblanc / Gillies Inside the Boardroom

How Boards Really Work and the Coming Revolution in Corporate Governance
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-15713-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

Distinguished governance experts offer cures for what ails ourboards of directors
In light of corporate malfeasance in recent years, thegovernance of corporations has been receiving great attention fromregulators, researchers, shareholders, and directors themselves.Based on Richard Leblanc's in-depth five-year study of 39 boards ofdirectors of both for- and not-for-profit organizations, Building aBetter Board goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings ofboards of directors, including how they make decisions.
Recently chosen as one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40"(TM), DrRichard Leblanc is an award-winning teacher and researcher,certified management consultant, professional speaker, professor,lawyer and specialist on boards of directors. He can be reached [e-mail]. JamesGillies, PhD (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is Professor Emeritus atthe Schulich School of Business, York University, where he servesas Chair of the Canada-Russia Corporate Governance Program.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leblanc, Richard

Gillies, James

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Chapter 1. Boards of Directors Have Failed and We Don'tKnow Why.
Chapter 2. The Many Forms of the Modern Corporations.
Chapter 3. Contemporary Directors: Who Are They, What Do TheyDo, and How Well Do They Do It?
Chapter 4. Best Board Practices and Assessments: Necessary butNot Enough.
Chapter 5. The Traditional Board: The Triumph of Structure.
Chapter 6. The Effective Board: Function Not Form.
Chapter 7. Effective Directors for Effective Boards: PuttingThem Together.
Chapter 8. The Director Behavioural Types.
Chapter 9. A Special Type pf Director: The Chair of theBoard.
Chapter 10. "C-B-S-R"--How to Build a BetterBoard.
Chapter 11. The Coming Revolution in Corporate Governance.
Appendix A: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodologies:How Do They Differ?
Appendix B: The Research Process: Getting into the Boardrooms,Obtaining the Interviews and Analyzing the Data.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

DR. RICHARD LEBLANC is an award-winning teacher and researcher, certified management consultant, professional speaker, professor, lawyer and specialist on boards of directors. He is an Assistant Professor of Corporate Governance, Law & Ethics at the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University.
DR. JAMES GILLIES is Professor Emeritus of Policy and founding Dean of the Schulich School of Business at York University. Before joining York, he spent fifteen years as a member of the faculty of the School of Business at UCLA. Professor Gillies has also served as a Member of Parliament and senior policy adviser to the Prime Minister of Canada, and is a member of the Order of Canada.