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Directors: An A-Z Guide (Economist a-Z Guide)imed not only at those on the board, but managers and stakeholders in every kind of organisation.
Recent years have seen a number of scandals that have revealed sometimes shockingly poor standards of corporate governance in well-known companies and shown that some directors had regard only to their own interests while others were hopelessly ineffective. Managers may run a company but it is the job of directors to make sure it is run well and in the right direction. This is a clear and lively guide to the role and responsibilities of directors, including case studies that illustrate poor standards of corporate governance. The A-Z entries cover such concepts and terms as: Agency theory, Audit Committee, Corporate veil, Deep pocket syndrome, Disclosure, Ethics, Games directors play, Helicopter vision, Keiretsu, Log rolling, Mentor, Non-executive director, Poison pill, Shareholder value, Stakeholder theory, Tokenism, Two hat dilemma, Unitary board, War room,… Read More
