Membership of the Board of Directors : The Job Top Executives Want No More

Being a member of the Board used to be a challenging job. It still is. But the nature of the challenge, the risk, even the professional qualifications required have changed. The book says how and why. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Risks, Challenges and Benefits from Board Membership....Pages 1-19 Imagination and Corporate Objectives....Pages 20-37 Making a Strategic Plan....Pages 38-59 Reasons for Strategic Planning....Pages 60-82 The Board of Directors....Pages 83-107 The Business of the Board....Pages 108-134 Corporate Policy: Its Strategic Role....Pages 135-161 Qualities a Good Director Needs....Pages 162-183 Training the Corporate Directors....Pages 184-198 Satisfying the Information Needs of the Board....Pages 199-222 The Savage Competition for Strategic Products....Pages 223-246 The International Corporation....Pages 247-267 Organisational Perspectives in Multinational Business....Pages 268-289 The Big Corporations’ Fear: Litigation....Pages 290-306 Mergers, Acquisitions and Disinvestment....Pages 307-325 Venture Capital and the Board....Pages 326-345 How Successful is a Consolidation Policy?....Pages 346-363 Government and Industry: Partnership or Conflict?....Pages 364-387 Epilogue....Pages 388-402 Back Matter....Pages 403-416