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    Boards that excel : candid insights and practical advice for directors / B. Joseph White.

    By: White, B. JosephMaterial type: TextTextSeries: BK business book: Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2014]Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781626562226; 1626562229Subject(s): Boards of directors | Corporate governance | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General | Boards of directors | Corporate governanceDDC classification: 658.4/22 LOC classification: HD2745 | .W534 2014Other classification: BUS000000
    Contents:
    Pay it forward : The purpose of this book -- High aspirations and strong results : The bookends of great governance -- Understanding the role : Stewardship Thinking -- Understand the enterprise : What is a company (school, hospital . . .)? -- Do the right things : The substance of great governance -- Do things right : The process of great governance -- Embrace the best of "good governance" : Emerging orthodoxy -- Other voices : Interviews with board chairs, CEO's and experienced directors -- Conclusion : The "vital few" for boards and directors.
    Summary: "Having served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards, former business school dean and university president White has a surprising message--many directors don't understand their roles as stewards. Rather than seeing boards as mere vehicles for oversight and basic monitoring, he shows, in detail and with hundreds of real-world anecdotes, how boards can do better"-- Provided by publisher.
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index.

    "Having served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards, former business school dean and university president White has a surprising message--many directors don't understand their roles as stewards. Rather than seeing boards as mere vehicles for oversight and basic monitoring, he shows, in detail and with hundreds of real-world anecdotes, how boards can do better"-- Provided by publisher.

    Pay it forward : The purpose of this book -- High aspirations and strong results : The bookends of great governance -- Understanding the role : Stewardship Thinking -- Understand the enterprise : What is a company (school, hospital . . .)? -- Do the right things : The substance of great governance -- Do things right : The process of great governance -- Embrace the best of "good governance" : Emerging orthodoxy -- Other voices : Interviews with board chairs, CEO's and experienced directors -- Conclusion : The "vital few" for boards and directors.

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