IIMA: Leading from the Top: Directors Who Make the Difference

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About the Book: Leading from the Top: Directors Who Makes the Difference From the IIMA series comes a comprehensive book on corporate governance Although corporations have been around for well over half a millennium, Corporate Governance as a distinctive field of study and specialization is of relatively recent origin. With corporate footprints escalating across industry and service sectors over different geographies around the world, governing the corporation has become an increasingly complex exercise. Professor Balasubramanian explains the three pillars of governance-the shareholders, the board and the executive management including the dynamics of managing board effectiveness-through real life case studies and interactive examples. The author aims to encourage dialogue about leading corporations in an ethical and sustainable manner. In the wake of corporations like Satyam, Sahara, SardhaSKS Microfinance, and National Spot Exchange making headlines for all the wrong reasons-Leading from the Top becomes essential reading for aspiring directors, budding professions, and the aware citizens. About the Author: N. Balasubramanian With more than half a century of work experience behind him, ?Bala? has a unique blend of exposure to industry and academia that is not easy to come by. Three and a half decades of senior and board level responsibilities in companies like Imperial Chemical Industries, Britannia, and Wipro are complemented by teaching and research activities at the Indian Institutes of Management Ahmedabad and Bangalore over the last two decades, and still counting. A non-practising Chartered Accountant with a PhD in Business Finance, his interests span corporate governance, business ethics and responsibility, and board level counselling. He has been on statutory and advisory boards of listed companies as well as early-to-mid-term start-ups, served as a member of the Governmentsponsored National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards, CII&rsquo