...Victor Dulewicz; Keith MacMillan; Peter Herbert Explains the model which underlies the Institute of Directors′Standards of Good Practice for Boards of Directors produced in association with Henley Management College. These standards were derived from an extensive, rigorous research and consultation...

...Branton Kenton UK directors are presently engaged in cost‐cutting exercises in order to improve the efficiency of their business. This is a necessary part of their role which spans policy, strategy and operations. One reason for this focus on efficiencies may be the recent recession,another may...

... organizations (e.g. Bass, ICL, Barclays Bank,Tesco Stores, Norweb, Abbey National and Woolwich Building Society) and,as outlined above, further competency frameworks are in the pipeline. Other research work examining the competencies of directors is classified according to: Generic competencies...

...Bob Garratt Argues that few directors know what their role is. Having had no training or development, directors can revert back to managing, rather than direction‐giving. Discusses the new pressures which are forcing directors to rethink their roles. Directors must act as the business brain...

...Viscount Blakenham Though the board as a whole is responsible for the company, and all directors have equal obligations under the law, the chairman′s role has become more prominent in the public perception in recent years. Chairmen have to ensure the effective monitoring of the board and its sub...

...Paul Buchanan‐Barrow Examines the wider issues of corporate governance based on the Korn‐Ferry annual survey of companies. Looks at: the composition of a board of directors; the things which concern boards of directors in the UK compared with the USA; and what are currently held...

...Thomas Clarke Discusses the background to the current concern over corporate governance: the company legal and organizational structures inherited from the nineteenth century; the structures of boards of directors; the functions of boards; and recent corporate d\?\b\?\cles. Describes...