
The Fish Rots From The Head
The Crisis in our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent Director
Bob Garratt(Author)
Profile Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 9. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-84668-329-9 (ISBN)
Description
As a Chinese proverb says 'The fish rots from the head' and so it is with businesses and other organisations - the buck starts and stops in the boardroom. This third edition of Bob Garratt's bestselling book that highlights the importance of effective corporate governance has been extensively updated following the corporate scandals of the early 2000s - Enron, WorldCom, Tyco - and the abysmal boardroom standards that the credit crunch and ensuing global financial crisis brought to light.
This new edition builds on the Learning Board model developed by the author and now widely used internationally by corporations and public sector organisations such as the NHS. The result is a thought-provoking and highly practical book that will be invaluable to all those with responsibility for corporate governance - and also those who subject them to scrutiny.
What Sir Adrian Cadbury, whose committee's groundbreaking report on corporate governance was published nearly twenty years ago, said about the first edition remains as true today as ever: 'No director can afford to ignore this book'.
This new edition builds on the Learning Board model developed by the author and now widely used internationally by corporations and public sector organisations such as the NHS. The result is a thought-provoking and highly practical book that will be invaluable to all those with responsibility for corporate governance - and also those who subject them to scrutiny.
What Sir Adrian Cadbury, whose committee's groundbreaking report on corporate governance was published nearly twenty years ago, said about the first edition remains as true today as ever: 'No director can afford to ignore this book'.
Reviews / Votes
"* 'An important contribution to the corporate governance debate and clear and intelligent advice on how to improve the performance of a board' - Tim Melville-Ross, former head of the Institute of Directors"More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84668-329-9 (9781846683299)
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The Fish Rots From The Head
The Crisis in our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent Director
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Bob Garratt
The Fish Rots From The Head
The Crisis in our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent Director
Book
10/2003
Profile Books Ltd
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Person
Bob Garratt is a director, consultant and academic. He works with his wife, Sally, on board reviews and development, and strategic thinking,internationally. He is a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London; and Professor Extraordinaire at Stellenbosch University Business School, South Africa. He is Immediate Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants and a Freeman of the City of London.