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    Corporate Governance

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    Cornelis A. de Kluyver, University of Oregon

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    ISBN 13: 9781453343630

    Publisher: Saylor Foundation

    Language: English

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    Reviewed by Hamid Kazeroony, Professor, Inver Hills Community College on 4/11/17

    Book covers all aspects of corporate governance. read more

    Table of Contents

    • Chapter 1: Corporate Governance: Linking Corporations and Society
    • Chapter 2: Governance and Accountability
    • Chapter 3: The Board of Directors: Role and Composition
    • Chapter 4: Recent U.S. Governance Reforms
    • Chapter 5: CEO Selection and Succession Planning
    • Chapter 6: Oversight, Compliance, and Risk Management
    • Chapter 7: The Board's Role in Strategy Development
    • Chapter 8: CEO Performance Evaluation and Executive Compensation
    • Chapter 9: Responding to External Pressures and Unforeseen Events
    • Chapter 10: Creating a High-Performance Board
    • Chapter 11: Epilogue: The Future of Corporate Governance

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    About the Book

    Corporate Governance by de Kluyver is a primer on corporate governance. It is designed to help students understand corporate governance by looking at the subject from both a macro- and micro-perspective.

    Historical data and examples including the recent scandals that have torn the fabric of capitalism pave a pathway to the principal challenges facing today's corporate boards, and how to successfully manage them.

    Topics Include:

    1. Clear coverage on why proper corporate governance has become a moral imperative and how to corporations achieve it.
    2. Discussions on recent governance reforms in the United States.
    3. Outlines of the roles that each individual in the corporate governance process must take on and how to effectively execute on those roles.
    4. Exploration on the future of corporate governance in the epilogue

    Take some time to review Corporate Governance by de Kluyver to see if it is a good fit for your strategy courses.

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    Author

    Cornelis A. “Kees” de Kluyver is Dean and the James and Shirley Rippey Distinguished Professor of Management at the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon. Prior to coming to Eugene, Oregon, he was the Masatoshi Ito Professor of Management at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. From 2000–2006 he served there as the Henry Y. Hwang Dean of the School and as Executive Director of the Peter F. Drucker Research Library and Archives.

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