Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top (Jossey-Bass Business & Management)

Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top (Jossey-Bass Business & Management)

by EdwardE.LawlerIII (Author), JayA.Conger (Author), David Finegold (Author)

Synopsis

This outstanding work reveals how boards governing 21st-century organizations can change their practices and align their principles to successfully govern the organization of the new economy. The authors propose that judging a board's effectiveness should be done not in a shareholder context but in a stakeholder context instead. They couch their reforms in a framework that focuses on what determines effective governance behavior: information, knowledge, power, and rewards.They argue it is behavior, not practices that count, and look at boards from a group and an organizational perspective.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Jossey Bass
Published: 20 Apr 2001

ISBN 10: 0787956201
ISBN 13: 9780787956202

Media Reviews
The most comprehensive analysis of board practices available.Research results and real world examples that will help CEOs anddirectors build the corporate boards of the future. Effectivelycombines thoughtful analysis with action steps that make governancepractices come alive. --Rich Teerlink, chairman and CEO (retired), Harley Davidson

This lastest book by the team of Conger, Lawler, andFinegold-which draws from Korn/Ferry's ongoing research on thepolicies and practices of corporate America's largest boards-is acomprehensive, thoughtful examination of the challenges faced byboards today, and what they can do to become more effective inmeeting the needs of their diverse stakeholders. This is a valuabletool for anyone who now serves on a board-or is interested inlearning more about the responsibilities inherent in assuming adirectorship role. --Richard M. Ferry, chair, Korn/FerryInternational

A defining piece of work in the emerging field of corporategovernance. Based on solid and comprehensive research, the authorshave provided a balanced and thoughtful road map for enhancingboard effectiveness. Every CEO in the country should read this bookand keep it on his or her desk. --David A. Nadler, chairman, Mercer Delta Consulting

The single best, data-based book on corporate goverance. Should berequired reading for every senior executive and board member. --Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business AdministrationUniversity, of Southern California, and author of Managing theDream
Author Bio
JAY A. CONGER is professor of organizational behaviort at the London Business School and senior research scientist at the University of Southern California's (USC) Center for Effective Organizations. He is the author or coauthor of nine books, including Building Leaders (1999) and The Leader's Change Handbook (1998), both from Jossey-Bass. EDWARD E. LAWLER is director of the Center for Effective Organizations at USC and professor of management and organization in the USC Marshall School of Business. He has been named one of the country's leading management experts by Business Week magazine. DAVID L. FINEGOLD is associate research professor at the Center for Effective Organizations. His research focusing on the impact of the Internet on firms and their relationship with employees will be featured in Net-Enabled, a forthcoming book with Jossey-Bass.