Boards of directors in disruptive times : improving corporate governance effectiveness / Jordi Canals, IESE Business School.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Canals, Jordi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Directors of corporations.

Corporate governance.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Financial crises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 393 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The current business context of disruptive, accelerated change requires a new framework for understanding how boards of directors can best support their organizations. In this book, Professor Jordi Canals presents a new model of effective governance, positioning the board of directors as the steward of the firm's future development, and focusing on the notion of corporate purpose. Canals argues that boards of directors should focus on strategy and corporate transformation, CEO and senior management development and succession, the board and the firm's culture, the board as a team, the engagement of shareholders and critical stakeholders, and the firm's overall impact. Moreover, for boards to be effective, directors must develop new competencies. Drawing on well-grounded theory and international case studies, this book outlines a new, holistic model of boards of directors, offering a pathway to effective governance that will enhance companies' reputation and success.

Contents:

The Changing Nature and Functions of Boards of Directors

Boards of Directors and Purpose: From Monitoring to Stewards of the Firm's Purpose

Boards of Directors in Corporate Strategy: From Maximizing Short-Term Shareholder Value to Creating Long- Term Value

The Role of Board of Directors in Corporate Transformation

The Board in CEO and Senior Managers Selection, Development and Succession

From Board Structure to Boards as Effective Teams

From Compliance to an Engaging Corporate Culture

Engaging Shareholders and Key Stakeholders

Assessing the Firm's Overall Impact

Effective Boards of Directors for Better Governance: Creating a Masterpiece.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Nov 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009205238

1009205234

9781009205221

1009205226

9781009165792

1009165798