The Fish Rots From The Head (Ebook)

The Crisis in our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent Director

Bob Garratt

3rd Edition

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'.

Publication date: 06/08/2010

£10.99

ISBN: 9781847650504

ISBN 10 / ASIN: B003ZDNWR2

Imprint: Profile Books

Subject: Arts, Language & Literature, Business & Management

The Fish Rots From The Head (Paperback)

The Crisis in our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent Director

Bob Garratt

3rd Edition

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'.

Publication date: 09/12/2010

£11.99

ISBN: 9781846683299

Imprint: Profile Books

Subject: Arts, Language & Literature, Business & Management

Bob Garratt

Bob Garratt

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.