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A Director's Guide to Governance in the Boardroom : Across the Private, Public, and Voluntary Sectors.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Langa, Arturo, author.
Contributor:
Langa, Monica.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Boards of directors--Great Britain.
Boards of directors.
Corporate governance--Great Britain.
Corporate governance.
Charities--Great Britain--Management.
Charities.
Public administration--Great Britain.
Public administration.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (449 pages)
Place of Publication:
Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Summary:
"This comprehensive book is a practical guide for executive and non-executive directors and aspiring directors to lead, govern and steer UK-based organisations to long-term sustainable success. In todays turbulent environment, corporate governance is increasingly scrutinized, and this book will consider how directors can bring the future forward with respect to responsible and ethical governance and leadership against the challenging political, environmental and economic backdrop. While other books discuss UK corporate governance, this one uniquely demonstrates how the work of directors can build an organisations antifragility, and offers a view of stewardship approaches to every sector and type of UK organisation, from large premium listed companies to start-ups, the public sector, not-for-profits, partnerships, family-owned and private equity-backed organisations. Aspiring, newly appointed and experienced directors will each benefit from this starting guide - or refresher - on UK corporate governance, with highly practical and actionable insights"--
Contents:
Governance and the role of the board
Governance codes
Risk in the boardroom
Environmental & social governance (ESG) and sustainability
Executive directors on the board
Role of the company secretary
Recruiting and maintaining an effective board
Gaining a first board appointment
Governance in the private sector
Governance in the public sector
Governance in the charity/voluntary sector.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9781000570472
1000570479
9781003142850
1003142850
OCLC:
1301436064

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