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

by Richard Leblanc ( ); James Gillies ( )

• ISBN13: 9780470737958
• ISBN10: 0470737956
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-01-01

Summary

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.Recently chosen as one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40"(TM), Dr Richard 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 at [e-mail] . James Gillies, PhD (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is Professor Emeritus at the Schulich School of Business, York University, where he serves as Chair of the Canada-Russia Corporate Governance Program.

Table of Contents

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

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