Corporate Governance

by Colley, John; Doyle, Jacqueline; Stettinius, Wallace; Logan, George

• ISBN13: 9780071464000
• ISBN10: 007146400X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-12
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

"Corporate Governance examines the director's role in today's challenging business environment. Authors John Colley, Jacqueline Doyle, George Logan, and Wallace Stettinius of the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business draw on their decades of personal experience as decision makers and directors, as well as their academic expertise, to explore the actions boards must take to govern successfully while gaining the trust and confidence of businesspeople and investors. Based on a popular course on governance at the Darden School, this executive-level guide explores: the expanding role of the corporation, and the directors of that corporation, in modern society; the rules and conventions of corporate governance, along with the pitfalls of failing to understand them; strategies for assembling a mix of directors and attributes designed to most benefit the corporation; techniques for planning, organizing, and conducting a formalized, results-oriented board meeting; if, when, and how a board should intervene in the management decisions of a corporation; myriad ways in which directors can get into - or avoid - legal and PR trouble; significant governance differences between for-profit and not-for-profit organizations." "The corporate director fills one of the most underappreciated yet essential roles in today's economy. Discover how that role has evolved and continues to evolve, and ways in which officers, managers, and directors can work together to improve the success of both the corporation and the society it serves, in Corporate Governance."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

John L. Colley Jr., Jacqueline L. Doyle, George Logan, and Wallace Stettinius are educators at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business Administration.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xii
Capitalism, Free Enterprise, and the Corporation	1	(12)
The Legal Obligations of Directors	13	(20)
Board Organization	33	(22)
Board Selection	55	(28)
The Mystique of Board Meetings	83	(8)
CEO Succession Planning, Selection, and Performance Appraisal	91	(18)
CEO Compensation	109	(24)
The Board-Management Relationship	133	(16)
Corporate and Capital Structures	149	(24)
Dealing with External Pressures	173	(14)
How Directors Get into Trouble	187	(20)
Not-for-Profit Organizations: The Differences	207	(20)
Final Thoughts	227	(20)
Notes	247	(4)
Index	251