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Overview
An interesting and informative book exploring leadership and the exercise of power in business organizations.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781587982347 |
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| Publisher: | Beard Books, Incorporated |
| Publication date: | 07/26/2004 |
| Pages: | 232 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.53(d) |
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1 | Leadership, Power, and Organizational Structures | 1 |
| Leadership and Power | 1 | |
| Is Leadership Divisible? | 3 | |
| Leadership, Changes in the Economic Environment, and the Exercise of Executive Power | 6 | |
| Consensus and the Exercise of Executive Power | 11 | |
| Executive Power and Organizational Structures | 12 | |
| Chapter 2 | Psychological Maturity, Leadership, and Corporate Governance | 16 |
| Psychological Maturity | 16 | |
| Psychological Maturity, Leadership (Decision-Making Style), and the Exercise of Power | 19 | |
| Relationship to Structural Preferences | 20 | |
| The Exercise of Executive Power, Motivation, and the Strength of the Management Team | 22 | |
| Does Authority of Position Affect the CEO's Personality? | 26 | |
| Chapter 3 | Executive Power and the Board of Directors | 28 |
| Control in the Modern Public Corporation | 28 | |
| The Emerging Importance of Institutional Shareholders | 30 | |
| The Functions of the Board; The Data Required and the Issues Faced | 35 | |
| The Power of the Board | 37 | |
| The Importance of Board Committees | 38 | |
| Are Board Directorships Desirable? | 40 | |
| Composition of the Board: The Traits Desired | 42 | |
| Litigation and Directorial Independence | 47 | |
| Is Long-Run Corporate Health Enhanced by CEO-Board Cooperation? | 52 | |
| Chapter 4 | Executive Power and Labor | 54 |
| Is Labor Subservient? | 54 | |
| Points of Conflict between Executive Power and Labor | 56 | |
| The Instruments of Executive Power | 58 | |
| The Instruments of Labor's Power | 59 | |
| The Emerging Mutuality of Interest | 62 | |
| Chapter 5 | Government Regulation and Executive Power | 64 |
| Types of Regulation | 64 | |
| Regulation, Litigation, and Executive Power | 65 | |
| Regulation, Litigation, and Outside Directors, Revisited | 70 | |
| Is Regulation a Deterrent to Misbehavior? | 72 | |
| Case of the Pharmaceutical Industry | 74 | |
| Role of the CEO in a Regulated Environment | 87 | |
| Chapter 6 | The Media and Executive Power | 89 |
| A Stab at Definition | 89 | |
| Power of the Media | 90 | |
| Media's Corporate Culture | 91 | |
| Collision Points between Media and Other Business Corporations | 93 | |
| Fickleness of the Media | 96 | |
| CEO's Relative Weakness | 97 | |
| Investment Analysts, CEOs, and the Corporate Time Frame | 100 | |
| Crisis Management, The Media, and the CEO | 103 | |
| Chapter 7 | The Chief Executive and the Corporate Culture | 107 |
| Meaning | 107 | |
| Components of Corporate Culture | 110 | |
| Corporate Culture and Executive Power | 112 | |
| Winning Consensus while Transforming Culture | 119 | |
| Role of the CEO | 121 | |
| CEO's Personal Responsibility in the Face of Failure | 122 | |
| Time, Changes in the Environment, and Corporate Culture | 124 | |
| Chapter 8 | Ethics and Executive Power | 127 |
| Is Ethical Behavior by Business Important? | 127 | |
| Should Absolute Moral Standards Determine Ethicality? | 129 | |
| Is There a Gap between Idealized Ethical Standards and Actual Behavior? | 130 | |
| Do Corporations and Their CEOs Inherently Tend toward Unethical Behavior? | 134 | |
| Methods for Encouraging Ethical Behavior | 141 | |
| Do Business Schools Have a Responsibility? | 143 | |
| Chapter 9 | Egoism, Empire Building, Executive Power, and Estimating Risk | 146 |
| Leveraging Frenzy of the 80s | 146 | |
| Some Data on the Decade | 147 | |
| Egoism, Leveraging, and Risk | 148 | |
| Fruehauf, Reliance Electric, and RJR Nabisco Cases | 154 | |
| Entrepreneurs and Professional Managers: Do They View Risk Differently? | 164 | |
| Chapter 10 | Executive Power and the Expanding Role of Women in Organizations | 166 |
| Some Relevant Trends | 166 | |
| Changes in Law | 169 | |
| Problems in the Path to the Executive Suite | 171 | |
| Are There Psychological Barriers Women Face in Seeking and Exercising Executive Power? | 178 | |
| Women in the Boardroom | 183 | |
| Compensation Issues | 185 | |
| Entrepreneurship | 190 | |
| Chapter 11 | Winning and Keeping Executive Power | 193 |
| Significant Traits | 193 | |
| What Preparation, if Any, Is Important? | 195 | |
| Is Influence Important? | 197 | |
| What Is the Relative Importance of Entrepreneurial and Managerial Skill? | 198 | |
| Executive Power and the Executive's "Hold" on His or Her Job | 201 | |
| Is the View from the Top Worth the Effort of the Climb? | 203 | |
| Chapter 12 | Conclusion | 205 |
| Index | 213 |
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