{"product_id":"inside-the-boardroom-isbn-9780470835203","title":"Inside the Boardroom","description":"\u003cb\u003eDistinguished governance experts offer cures for what ails our boards of directors\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn light of corporate malfeasance in recent years, the governance of corporations has been receiving great attention from regulators, researchers, shareholders, and directors themselves. Based on Richard Leblanc's in-depth five-year study of 39 boards of directors of both for- and not-for-profit organizations, Building a Better Board goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of boards of directors, including how they make decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecently chosen as one of Canada's \"Top 40 Under 40\"(TM), Dr Richard Leblanc is an award-winning teacher and researcher, certified management consultant, professional speaker, professor, lawyer and specialist on boards of directors. He can be reached at \u003ca href=\"mailto:rleblanc@yorku.ca\"\u003erleblanc@yorku.ca\u003c\/a\u003e. James Gillies, PhD (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is Professor Emeritus at the Schulich School of Business, York University, where he serves as Chair of the Canada-Russia Corporate Governance Program.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Boards of Directors Have Failed and We Don’t Know Why 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Many Forms of the Modern Corporation 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Contemporary Directors: Who Are They, What Do They Do, and How Well Do They Do It? 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Best Board Practices and Assessments: Necessary but Not Enough 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Traditional Board: The Triumph of Structure 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Effective Board: Function Not Form 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Effective Directors for Effective Boards: Putting Them Together 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The Director Behavioural Types 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: A Special Type of Director: The Chair of the Board 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: “C-B-S-R”—How to Build a Better Board 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: The Coming Revolution in Corporate Governance 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodologies: How Do They Differ? 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: The Research Process: Getting into the Boardrooms, Obtaining the Interviews and Analyzing the Data 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 299\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDR. RICHARD LEBLANC\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning teacher and researcher, certified management consultant, professional speaker, professor, lawyer and specialist on boards of directors. He is an Assistant Professor of Corporate Governance, Law \u0026amp; Ethics at the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDR. JAMES GILLIES\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Policy and founding Dean of the Schulich School of Business at York University. Before joining York, he spent fifteen years as a member of the faculty of the School of Business at UCLA. Professor Gillies has also served as a Member of Parliament and senior policy adviser to the Prime Minister of Canada, and is a member of the Order of Canada.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever before in history has corporate governance received as much attention as it now does. Recent corporate scandals and revelations of questionable business ethics have forced companies and their leadership under the microscope. To deal with the problems, legislation, codes of conduct, and guidelines for corporate governance practices are at an all-time high.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the recent prescriptions for improving corporate governance (including the Sarbanes- Oxley Act) focus on the structure of boards—their size, composition, independence, and so on. But this book shows there is no direct correlation between board structure and corporate performance. \u003ci\u003eInside the Boardroom\u003c\/i\u003e goes where few have gone before—behind the closed doors of actual boardrooms—to reveal how boards \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e work. 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.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains how boards should be constructed so that, as well as performing monitoring  and compliance activities effectively, they also add real value to the enterprise.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers practical advice on building a better board, including: how to determine and assess  director competencies, how to deal with dysfunctional directors, how to recruit and  retain quality directors, how to create position descriptions, how to develop director  orientation and education programs, and how to establish performance standards for the   board and its individual members.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures compelling first-hand comments from directors, regulators, chief executive  officers, and shareholders that offer candid, and sometimes shocking, revelations of what  really goes on behind the boardroom doors.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides valuable insights and prescriptions for corporate boards in any industry,  government corporations, and not-for-profit organizations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989432254693,"sku":"NP9780470835203","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470835203.jpg?v=1761784079","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/inside-the-boardroom-isbn-9780470835203","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}