Research Catalog

Title

Inside the boardroom : how boards really work and the coming revolution in corporate governance / Richard Leblanc, James Gillies.

Author

Leblanc, Richard, 1965-

Publication

Toronto : J. Wiley & Sons Canada, 2005.

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Additional Authors

Gillies, James M.

Description

314 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Based on a five-year study, this book goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of boards of directors, candid interviews with directors, and a comprehensive investigation into boardroom processes. It challenges the status quo thinking on corporate governance and provides ground-breaking prescriptions for building better boards."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Directors of corporations > Canada
• Corporate governance > Canada

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Boards of directors have failed and we don't know why -- Ch. 2. The many forms of the modern corporation -- Ch. 3. Contemporary directors : who are they, what do they do, and how well do they do it? -- Ch. 4. Best board practices and assessments : necessary but not enough -- Ch. 5. The traditional board : the triumph of structure -- Ch. 6. The effective board : function not form -- Ch. 7. Effective directors for effective boards : putting them together -- Ch. 8. The director behavioural types -- Ch. 9. A special type of director : the chair of the board -- Ch. 10. "C-B-S-R" - how to build a better board -- Ch. 11. The coming revolution in corporate governance -- App. A. Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies : how do they differ? -- App. B. The research process : getting into the boardrooms, obtaining the interviews and analyzing the data.

ISBN

0470835206 :

OCLC

• ocm57474446
• SCSB-5188792

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries