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Directors : an A-Z guide / Bob Tricker.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Economist seriesPublication details: New York : Bloomberg Press, c2009.Description: ix, 310 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781846681677
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD2741.T69 2009
Contents:
Effective directors and successful boards -- A-Z -- Appendices. Directors and the global financial crisis -- The UK combined code on corporate governance -- The OECD principles of corporate governance -- The core competencies of company directors -- Induction checklist for new directors -- Effectiveness checklist for boards -- Sources of information.
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At head of title: The economist.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-310).

Effective directors and successful boards -- A-Z -- Appendices. Directors and the global financial crisis -- The UK combined code on corporate governance -- The OECD principles of corporate governance -- The core competencies of company directors -- Induction checklist for new directors -- Effectiveness checklist for boards -- Sources of information.

A guide to the role and responsibilities of directors. Including case studies that illustrate poor standards of corporate governance in companies, it covers such concepts and terms as: agency theory, audit committee, corporate veil, deep pocket syndrome, disclosure, ethics, games directors play, helicopter vision, Keiretsu, and log rolling.

Originally published: London : Economist in association with Profile Books, 1996, under title: Pocket director.

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