Back to the Drawing Board
eBook - ePub

Back to the Drawing Board

Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Back to the Drawing Board

Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Table Of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter One: Board Design—Time for Action
  8. Chapter Two: Struggling Boards
  9. Chapter Three: Best Practice Contradictions
  10. Chapter Four: Different Roles for Different Boards
  11. Chapter Five: Structures That Work
  12. Chapter Six: Building and Sustaining the Right Team
  13. Chapter Seven: Building Knowledge and Using It Wisely
  14. Chapter Eight: Behind Closed Doors
  15. Chapter Nine: Getting Down to Work
  16. Appendix: The Survey of CEOs
  17. Notes
  18. Index
  19. About the Authors