... experience as a non‐executive director. Findings The most critical and strategic asset a bank possesses is its reputation. A “reputation improvement plan” is a critical document for the board of directors. In practice, reputation improvement plans vary enormously in terms of structure, format and content...

... Publishing Limited 2009 Non‐profit organizations Boards of Directors Social services sector Social dynamics Strategic management Strategic planning Over the last 15 years, 30,000 new nonprofit organizations (NPs) have been created annually in the USA to address growing societal needs...

...Graham Beaver; Adrian Davies; Paul Joyce Purpose This paper critically reviews the role and function of the corporate board and finds that boards of directors that have a leadership role in corporate strategic planning go beyond merely caring for shareholder interests and take a proactive role...

... be ensnared in a financial rout. Perhaps these individuals will be newer directors, more attuned to the risks of the job than they are close to the management team. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Corporate governance Boards of directors Strategy Accountability The shift in powers...

... Boards of directors Corporate governance Myths Not since the passage of the Securities and Exchange Commission Act of 1934 have matters of corporate governance received such concentrated attention. The failures of a series of notable US companies, beginning with Enron Corporation, have reignited...

... that shines the same light on itself. The 29th annual Korn/Ferry board of directors’ study indicated that only 21 percent of Fortune 1000 companies actually evaluate individual directors, even though 72 percent of directors felt that individual directors should be evaluated regularly. Certainly...