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Thin on top: why corporate governance matters and how to measure and improve board performance / Bob Garratt

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GARRATT Bob

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Nicholas Brealey, 2003Description: x, 246 pISBN:

1857883195 (hbk) :

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Summary: In the wake of several large corporate financial scandals this book calls for the reassertion of basic principles of good governance: accountability, probity, and transparency. Argues too much attention is given to high-profile CEOs and too little to boards of directors. There is fundamental difference between managing and directing, and too many orgainzations are over-managed and under-directed. Calls for boards to become learning bodies and for the professionalisation of their functions.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf	658.422 GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	19693-1001
Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf	658.422 GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available	19693-1002
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In the wake of several large corporate financial scandals this book calls for the reassertion of basic principles of good governance: accountability, probity, and transparency. Argues too much attention is given to high-profile CEOs and too little to boards of directors. There is fundamental difference between managing and directing, and too many orgainzations are over-managed and under-directed. Calls for boards to become learning bodies and for the professionalisation of their functions.

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