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Corporate Patronage of Art & Architecture in the United States, Late 19th Century to the Present (Contextualizing Art Markets)
by Monica E. Jovanovich Melissa RennThis interdisciplinary collection of case studies rethinks corporate patronage in the United States and reveals the central role corporations have played in shaping American culture. This volume offers new methodologies and models for the subject of corporate patronage, and contains an extensive bibliography on corporate patronage, art collections and exhibitions, sponsorship, and philanthropy in the United States. The case studies herein go beyond the usual focus on corporate sponsorship and collecting to explore the complex organizational networks and motivations behind corporate commissions. Featuring chapters on Margaret Bourke-White, Julie Mehretu, Maxfield Parrish, Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Eugene Savage, Millard Sheets, and Kehinde Wiley, as well as studies on Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, John D. Rockefeller Sr. and Jr., and Dorothy Shaver, and companies such as Herman Miller and Lord and Taylor, this volume looks at a wide array of works, ranging from sculpture, photography, mosaics, and murals to advertisements, department store displays, sportswear, medical schools, and public libraries.
Corporate Performance: A Ratio-Based Approach to Country and Industry Analyses (Contributions to Management Science)
by Julia Koralun-BereźnickaThis book presents the comparative evaluation of international and industrial factors affecting the financial condition of enterprises. In the theoretical part, the results of previous research on the occurrence of the country and industry effect in the financial health of companies are reviewed. The aim of the empirical study is to determine such factors – national or industrial ones – that have a greater impact on the corporate performance in the selected European Union countries. Corporate performance is measured and described with the use of a large set of fundamental ratios. Corporate performance is therefore treated as a more complex matter influenced by such aspects as profitability, liquidity, working capital and solvency. The book especially analyses the importance of non-public companies of all sizes, which is also rare as current research focuses mainly on public companies due to the data constraints.
Corporate Performance Management: ARIS in der Praxis
by Wolfram Jost Helge Heß Andreas Kronz August-Wilhelm ScheerCorporate Performance Management (CPM) ist ein grundlegender Ansatz, der die Verbindung zwischen Unternehmensperformance und Prozessoptimierung untersucht. Dazu werden Methoden, Prozesse, Metriken und Werkzeuge zur Verfügung gestellt. Wie Corporate Performance Management in der Praxis erfolgreich eingeführt werden kann, zeigen Projektberichte u.a. von E.ON, British Telecom, Credit Suisse und Vodafone. Der Schwerpunkt der Beiträge liegt dabei auf dem Einsatz der ARIS Controlling Platform der IDS Scheer, die es ermöglicht, die realen und "gelebten" Geschäftsprozesse in Branchen wie z.B. Chemie, Telekommunikation, Energiewirtschaft, Logistik, Banken und Versicherungen automatisch zu visualisieren, mittels Kennzahlen zu bewerten und zu analysieren. Die vorgestellten Methoden und Werkzeuge gewährleisten ein kontinuierliches und automatisiertes Monitoring der Unternehmensleistung und ermöglichen es, durch unternehmensinternes und -externes Benchmarking, Business Process Excellence als zentrales Leitmotiv dauerhaft im Unternehmen zu etablieren.
Corporate Performance Management: ARIS in Practice
by Wolfram Jost Helge Heß Andreas Kronz August-Wilhelm ScheerCorporate Performance Management (CPM) is a basic approach which examines the relationship between corporate performance and process optimization. How to successfully introduce CPM in practice is demonstrated through project reports from E.ON, British Telecom, Credit Suisse and Vodafone among others. The methods and tools presented here guarantee a continuous and automated monitoring of the corporate performance and enable Business Process Excellence to be permanently established in the company by company-internal and company-external benchmarking. The articles in this book focus on the use of the ARIS Controlling Platform developed by IDS Scheer.
Corporate Performance Management (Improving Human Performance Ser.)
by David Wade Ron RecardoBusiness experts, business economists, and organizational psychologists agree that a specific business strategy must be chosen for a corporation to excel. Beyond the strategy, companies must have a performance measurement system that ties every aspect of the organization - from the boardroom to the factory floor - to the strategy. In their book 'Corporate Performance Management', noted authors David Wade and Ron Recardo show companies how to craft a strategic focus and create sound business strategy by using a unique and pragmatic performance-measurement system. Concepts in the book are illustrated by 'real world' case studies. It provides tools and techniques to show how to apply the concepts within an organization.David Wade is the director of performance measurement for Aetna, Inc., and the author of several business-related books and articles.Ron Recardo is the founder and managing partner of The Catalyst Consulting Group, L.L.C. The author of several articles and books, he is a frequent speaker at meetings of professional associations, trade groups, and senior executives.
Corporate Performance Management
by David Wade Ron RecardoBusiness experts, business economists, and organizational psychologists agree that a specific business strategy must be chosen for a corporation to excel. Beyond the strategy, companies must have a performance measurement system that ties every aspect of the organization - from the boardroom to the factory floor - to the strategy. In their book 'Corporate Performance Management', noted authors David Wade and Ron Recardo show companies how to craft a strategic focus and create sound business strategy by using a unique and pragmatic performance-measurement system. Concepts in the book are illustrated by 'real world' case studies. It provides tools and techniques to show how to apply the concepts within an organization.David Wade is the director of performance measurement for Aetna, Inc., and the author of several business-related books and articles.Ron Recardo is the founder and managing partner of The Catalyst Consulting Group, L.L.C. The author of several articles and books, he is a frequent speaker at meetings of professional associations, trade groups, and senior executives.
Corporate Personality in the 20th Century
by Ross Grantham C.E.F. RickettThe decision of the House of Lords in Salomon v. Salomon & Co Ltd has had lasting influence on the development of modern company law. This one hundred year old decision articulated the founding propositions of company law and is accordingly treated with reverence by academics and practitioners alike. The centenary of the case therefore affords a convenient opportunity to review these developments in company law. In doing so,the contributors to this volume range broadly across the modern approaches to company law and attempt to place key aspects of the subject in a theoretical and historical perspective and to lay bare the structural, theoretical and policy issues which lie behind its day-to-day technicalities.
Corporate Planning: The Human Factor
by M. J. Langham David E. HusseyAimed at practitioners of corporate planning organisational development and personnel managers generally, together with students of management. The book sets out to draw together two streams of thought and literature, one dealing with human behaviour and the other with corporate planning and analysis. It shows how corporate planning may be made more effective by giving proper attention to the 'human factor' - and also offers a great deal of insight to those concerned with the personnel function which stresses the importance of their skills to 'planning' process. The book demonstrates how a considered blend of analysis and behavioural skills can bring a more effective approach to planning
Corporate Planning and LAN: Information Systems as Forums
by Ru Michael Sabre J. Edward KetzCorporate Planning and LAN: Information Systems as Forums provides information pertinent to the Forum Information System (FIS), a conceptual basis for all corporate planning. This book presents an information system which, by means of LAN, organizational development style prototyping, and organizational learning utilization, can open communications among managers, executives, owners, and employees in a corporate setting.Organized into 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the four phases to the eventual use of the FIS in a corporate setting. This text then explores FIS as part of a paradigm shift in corporate information systems, which began with the introduction of the use of computers. Other chapters consider the actual creation of the LAN-based FIS, the technical details of implementation, the programming, and the hardware configuration. This book discusses as well the organizational learning that occurs when using the system.This book is a valuable resource for executives, managers, employees, and corporate decision makers.
Corporate Plasticity: How to Change, Adapt, and Excel
by Christian Schuh Alenka Triplat Wayne Brown Wim Plaizier AT Kearney Laurent ChevreuxWhat do The Beatles, Apollo 13, the Roman military, a pack of wolves, and the very best companies in the world all have in common? Answer: Plasticity. They can change, adapt, and excel as the situation requires.In most organizations, strategy and functional excellence get the most attention. But even the best of either provides only limited long-term advantage. Highly effective organizations add Plasticity as a third dimension and rack up stellar breakthroughs—again and again. It is the key ingredient that allows strategy and functional excellence to deliver value. As the authors show in Corporate Plasticity: How to Change, Adapt, and Excel, Plasticity also enables great organizations to break down barriers and collaborate in the pursuit of a common objective, and to reconfigure or rewire themselves to face down challenges or reach ever-stronger competitive positions. Through entertaining stories and astute analysis, this book demonstrates that Plasticity spurs sports teams to become champions, companies to book record earnings, and artists to attain worldwide fame. You can use its principles—adaptability, flexibility, fluid networks and roles, lofty goals, and innovation, among others—to achieve operational excellence, tear down silos, and create more vibrant, creative enterprises. Your organization can become not just highly profitable and fun to work for, but an organization that can change the world. Plasticity allows an organization to choose its own destiny, become versatile, and dare more than others. Its success lies in a set of abilities called the Magic 7:Purpose: Your company must discover, select, and express what it is meant for.Focus: Your company must have the courage to ignore everything that is not in line with its purpose, and then see that purpose through.Culture: Your company must create the conditions that allow people to work across boundaries and outside of predefined roles.Spirit: Your company must inspire people to feel part of a cause that is bigger than they are.Networking: Your company must provide the means, freedom, and encouragement for people to nurture and grow their internal and external networks continuously.Knowledge: Your company must encourage experts to provide their knowledge and make it readily available to everyone who needs it.Leadership: Your company's leaders must model and personify the characteristics they want others to adopt.Silo thinking? Poor collaboration? Weak earnings? Strategies that gain no traction? Corporate Plasticity: How to Change, Adapt, and Excel is the answer. It shows you how to cultivate each of the seven disciplines to infuse Plasticity in an organization. That—along with razor-sharp strategy and crisp execution—will unleash the power you need to reach both personal and corporate goals. You might even change the world.
Corporate Political Behavior: Why Corporations Do What They Do in Politics
by Robert HealyCorporate Political Behavior centers on why corporations do what they do in politics. The text draws upon insights from the author’s forty years of government and political experience—insights placed within an operating framework grounded in the political science and strategic issue management disciplines. Robert Healy argues that corporate political behavior results from the interplay of behavioral drivers—commercial objectives, competitive political advantage, corporate political culture and leadership—and behavioral enablers—political capital, corporate political reputation, corporate campaign financing, and corporate political clout. This interplay all functions within a three-world environment: market, non-market, and internal corporate. The book examines how these factors structure a firm’s political positioning, its business-political strategies, and its political behavior as it seeks to attain its marketplace goals. The text features in-chapter side bars— events, or circumstances or political happenings of which the author either knew or participated—along with longer mini-cases in which the author also participated or was consulted. Each chapter concludes with a summary and takeaway points. Corporate Political Behavior will be applicable to courses in political science and in business school courses on strategic issue management, policy construction, corporate agency and corporate strategy, as well as of interest to corporations and practitioners.
Corporate Political Behavior: Why Corporations Do What They Do in Politics
by Robert HealyCorporate Political Behavior centers on why corporations do what they do in politics. The text draws upon insights from the author’s forty years of government and political experience—insights placed within an operating framework grounded in the political science and strategic issue management disciplines. Robert Healy argues that corporate political behavior results from the interplay of behavioral drivers—commercial objectives, competitive political advantage, corporate political culture and leadership—and behavioral enablers—political capital, corporate political reputation, corporate campaign financing, and corporate political clout. This interplay all functions within a three-world environment: market, non-market, and internal corporate. The book examines how these factors structure a firm’s political positioning, its business-political strategies, and its political behavior as it seeks to attain its marketplace goals. The text features in-chapter side bars— events, or circumstances or political happenings of which the author either knew or participated—along with longer mini-cases in which the author also participated or was consulted. Each chapter concludes with a summary and takeaway points. Corporate Political Behavior will be applicable to courses in political science and in business school courses on strategic issue management, policy construction, corporate agency and corporate strategy, as well as of interest to corporations and practitioners.
Corporate Political Responsibility: How Businesses Can Strengthen Democracy for Mutual Benefit (Future of Business and Finance)
by Johannes BohnenThis book demonstrates how companies can effectively promote their business by assuming political responsibility and expanding their investment concept to include a political component. It shows that the success of companies is crucially dependent on socio-political conditions. In other words: politically sustainable management is a business case. Therefore companies should take a closer look at the opportunities at the interface of politics and business.To date, there has not been a satisfactory assessment of the issue of Corporate Political Responsibility (CPR), which combines a conceptual framework with practical measures for implementation. This book remedies that oversight, and shows how companies can develop the necessary attitude and operate in concrete CPR fields of action, illustrated by diagrams and examples. While doing so, the author explains how CPR is different from shere lobbying or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).The author provides an overview of the public realm and its actors, and shows how, through political contributions, they can strengthen the performance of the state and thus their own performance. Companies have unique resources for doing so, and in their own interest they should get involved: being impartial in particular, but partial in principle - when it comes to our liberal way of life as such.
Corporate Political Responsibility: Wie Unternehmen die Demokratie und damit sich selbst stärken (Future Of Business And Finance Ser.)
by Johannes BohnenUnternehmen fördern ihr Geschäft, wenn sie politische Verantwortung übernehmen Unternehmen müssen sich stärker mit den Chancen an den Schnittstellen von Politik und Wirtschaft beschäftigen, denn ihr Geschäftserfolg ist maßgeblich von gesellschaftspolitischen Voraussetzungen abhängig. Mit anderen Worten: Politisch nachhaltige Unternehmensführung ist ein Business Case. Bislang gibt es noch keinen hinreichenden Zugang zu dem Thema der politischen Verantwortung von Unternehmen, der einen konzeptionellen Rahmen mit der praktischen Umsetzung verbindet. Diese Lücke wird nun geschlossen: In diesem Fachbuch erfahren Sie, illustriert durch Schaubilder und Beispiele, wie Unternehmen die notwendige Haltung entwickeln und in konkreten CPR-Handlungsfeldern tätig werden können. Der Autor liefert eine Bestandsaufnahme des öffentlichen Raumes mit seinen Akteuren und zeigt, wie sie durch politische Beiträge die Leistungsfähigkeit des Staates und damit sich selbst stärken können. Unternehmen verfügen dazu über besondere Ressourcen. In ihrem eigenen Interesse sollten sie sich einmischen: unparteiisch im Besonderen, aber parteiisch im Grundsätzlichen – dann, wenn es um unsere freiheitliche Lebensform als solche geht. In drei Buchteilen wird ein umfassendes Corporate Political Responsibility-Konzept vorgestellt: Teil I thematisiert im Sinne einer Bestandsaufnahme den öffentlichen Raum mit seinen wichtigsten Akteuren und dem permanenten Kampf um Deutungshoheit, insbesondere die belastete Beziehung von Wirtschaft und Politik. In den darauffolgenden Teilen steht im Mittelpunkt, wie Unternehmen auf die skizzierten Herausforderungen reagieren können.Verstehen: Wie der öffentliche Raum funktioniertGestalten: Den öffentlichen Raum neu belebenDer öffentliche Raum und seine AkteureDas Governance-Konzept Teil II stellt das CPR-Konzept vor. Hier geht es vor allem um die These, dass es im wirtschaftlichen Interesse von Unternehmen liegt, mit einer neuen gesellschaftspolitischen Haltung und entsprechenden Beiträgen die Leistungsfähigkeit des Staates zu erhöhen. Unternehmen benötigen eine politische Haltung: Corporate Political ResponsibilityGesellschaftliche VerantwortungskonzepteCPR als Business Case – der strategische Mehrwert Teil III widmet sich dann der praktischen Umsetzung von CPR, dem „Political Branding“. Es werden konkrete Handlungsfelder skizziert und Fallbeispiele aufgeführt, die anschaulich zeigen, was politische Markenführung bedeutet. CPR richtig anwenden: Political BrandingPolitische MarkenführungPolitische Markenführung: CPR und LeadershipDie CPR-HandlungsfelderDie Planung von CPR-Maßnahmen Zielgruppe dieses Buches sind primär Entscheider der Wirtschaft (mit ihren CSR-, Strategie- und Kommunikationsabteilungen) sowie Vertreter aus Politik und Verwaltung, aber auch Akteure aus Wissenschaft, Kultur, Medien, Rechtswesen, NGOs, Stiftungen und Kommunikations- bzw. Public Affairs-Beratungen.
Corporate Politics for IT Managers: How to get Streetwise
by Keith Patching Robina Chatham'Corporate Politics for IT Managers: How to get Streetwise' addresses some of the most persistent problems faced by IT managers which undermine their power and influence in their organisations and which prevents them obtaining seat on the board of directors.It deals directly with the IT stereotype and offers advice on how to survive and then thrive despite the odds being stacked against the IT manager. Divided into four parts, 'How the IT Manager Gets Streetwise' begins by placing the IT stereotype in context, and proceeds to challenge the IT persons' habitual behaviours of the past, and present ways of rethinking IT services, before concluding with how managers can become "streetwise" in today's organisations.There are many books on the market telling IT managers how to construct IT and IS strategies, and even more on how to 'run' an IT department or function. However, few deal with the politics in organisations.'Corporate Politics for IT Managers: How to get Streetwise' equips IT managers with the necessary skills to cope successfully in the political arenas of the boardrooms in today's businesses.
Corporate Politics for IT Managers: How to get Streetwise (Computer Weekly Professional Ser.)
by Keith Patching Robina Chatham'Corporate Politics for IT Managers: How to get Streetwise' addresses some of the most persistent problems faced by IT managers which undermine their power and influence in their organisations and which prevents them obtaining seat on the board of directors.It deals directly with the IT stereotype and offers advice on how to survive and then thrive despite the odds being stacked against the IT manager. Divided into four parts, 'How the IT Manager Gets Streetwise' begins by placing the IT stereotype in context, and proceeds to challenge the IT persons' habitual behaviours of the past, and present ways of rethinking IT services, before concluding with how managers can become "streetwise" in today's organisations.There are many books on the market telling IT managers how to construct IT and IS strategies, and even more on how to 'run' an IT department or function. However, few deal with the politics in organisations.'Corporate Politics for IT Managers: How to get Streetwise' equips IT managers with the necessary skills to cope successfully in the political arenas of the boardrooms in today's businesses.
Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services
by Anura GurugeFollowing the humbling of the 'dot.coms' it is well implemented corporate portals that are ushering in a new and prosperous era of e-business. Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services provides decision makers with a clear and concise explanation of what portals are all about, why you really need a portal strategy, how you go about implementing one, and the issues you have to encounter and surmount. Guruge shows how you can successfully use XML and web services to empower your portals for collaboration, knowledge management, CRM, ERP and supply chain management.· Extensive examples of corporate portals illustrate the viability of the technology· Architectural and network diagrams show detailed portal implementations· Comprehensive references to guides, solutions, products and terminology leverage living outside resources
Corporate Power, American Democracy, And The Automobile Industry (PDF)
by Stan LugerThis book offers a critical history of government policy toward the US automobile industry in order to assess the impact of the large corporation on American democracy. It offers the first book-length treatment of the power of the nation's largest industry. Drawing together the main policy issues affecting the automobile industry over the past forty years - occupant safety, emissions, fuel economy and trade - the work examines how the industry established its hegemony over the public perception of vehicle safety to inhibit federal regulation and the battle for federal regulation which succeeded in toppling this hegemony in 1966; the subsequent efforts to include pollution emissions and fuel economy under federal mandates in the 1970s; the industry's resurgence of influence in the 1980s; and the mixed pattern of influence in the 1990s. The analysis seeks to uncover factors that enhance corporate political influence, and those that constrain corporate power, allowing for public interest forces to be successful.
Corporate Power and Human Rights
by Manette Kaisershot Nicholas ConnollyThere is ample evidence about the negative effects business activity of all types can have on the provision of human rights. Equally, there can be little doubt economic development, usually driven through business activity and trade, is necessary for any state to provide the institutions and infrastructure necessary to secure and provide human rights for their citizens. The United Nations and businesses recognise this tension and are collaborating to effect change in business behaviours through voluntary initiatives such as the Global Compact and John Ruggie’s Guiding Principles. Yet voluntary approaches are evidently failing to prevent human rights violations and there are few alternatives in law for affected communities to seek justice. This book seeks to robustly challenge the current status quo of business approaches to human rights in order to develop meaningful alternatives in an attempt to breech the gap between the realities of business and human rights and its discourse. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of Human Rights.
Corporate Power and Human Rights
by Manette Kaisershot and Nicholas ConnollyThere is ample evidence about the negative effects business activity of all types can have on the provision of human rights. Equally, there can be little doubt economic development, usually driven through business activity and trade, is necessary for any state to provide the institutions and infrastructure necessary to secure and provide human rights for their citizens. The United Nations and businesses recognise this tension and are collaborating to effect change in business behaviours through voluntary initiatives such as the Global Compact and John Ruggie’s Guiding Principles. Yet voluntary approaches are evidently failing to prevent human rights violations and there are few alternatives in law for affected communities to seek justice. This book seeks to robustly challenge the current status quo of business approaches to human rights in order to develop meaningful alternatives in an attempt to breech the gap between the realities of business and human rights and its discourse. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of Human Rights.
Corporate Power and Regulation: Consumers and the Environment in the European Union (International Series on Public Policy)
by Sandra Eckert“A novel, insightful and provocative foray into the abilities, capacities and limits of corporate power on the one hand and public power and capacities on the other hand. Eckert offers new and refine insights on core issues in the theories of public and private interest regulation.”—David Levi Faur, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel“This impressive book breaks important ground in the regulatory governance literature by bringing in a fresh corporate perspective. Based on a set of fascinating case studies of European regulation, Eckert compellingly unpacks key facets of corporate power. A must-read for regulation scholars who often neglect the targets of regulation!”—Burkard Eberlein, York University, Canada“This book offers systematic and empirically fascinating insights into the regulatory power of corporations which unfolds outside the traditional political arenas. Its policy effects have important implications for the target groups of regulation, the general public, and the democratic political process as such. The conceptualization and use of rich empirical sources make for a compelling read.”—Adrienne Héritier, European University Institute, ItalyThis book takes a fresh look at corporate power in the regulatory process. It examines how corporations seek to prevent, shape, make or revoke regulation. The central argument is that in doing so, corporations utilise distinct power resources as experts, innovators and operators. By re-emphasising the proactive role of business, the book complements our acquired knowledge of policymakers’ capacity to put pressure on, or delegate power to private actors. Empirically, the book covers European consumer and environmental policies, and conducts case studies on the chemical, paper, home appliance, ICT and electricity industries. A separate chapter is dedicated to the assumption that Brexit will lead to an unprecedented result of EU regulation being lifted, and how this could put corporate power in regulation at risk. This book provides a new perspective on the policy implications of corporate power to scholars, students and practitioners alike.
Corporate Practices: International Conference on Entrepreneurship and the Economy in an Era of Uncertainty 2023 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)
by Adnan Ul Haque Sebastian Kot Bilal KhalidWe are delighted to present this compilation of insightful contributions from the Global Conference on Entrepreneurship and Economy in an Era of Uncertainty (EEEU23) hosted by the International Research Center for Higher Education and Business Cooperation in Poland. This book explores the ever-changing field of entrepreneurship in the digital economy, emphasizing the pivotal role of innovation in navigating through today's global disruptions, such as pandemics and regional instabilities that reverberate through economies.In a time where rapid innovation is the linchpin for sustained relevance, companies face the critical imperative of adapting swiftly to the changing tides. This collection sheds light on the reality that organizations, even those with a long-standing market presence and solid managerial frameworks, can only avoid obsolescence if they innovate at the pace demanded by contemporary circumstances. The cautionary tales of once-thriving entities like Eastman Kodak Company, Polaroid Corporation, Xerox, and others serve as poignant reminders of the imperative of agile innovation in today's business environment.The chapters presented within this book offer a thorough exploration of the profound influence of digital innovation on entrepreneurship, coupled with an examination of the pivotal role of strategic organizational management in the sustenance and prosperity of enterprises. As such, this book is an invaluable resource for researchers and professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of the application of innovation and disruptions in entrepreneurship and organizational management.The insights and disclosures encapsulated within these pages will catalyze meaningful dialogue and inspire innovative approaches to pursuing entrepreneurial success amidst a landscape characterized by uncertainty.
Corporate Profit and Nuclear Safety: Strategy at Northeast Utilities in the 1990s
by Paul W. MacAvoy Jean W. RosenthalNortheast Utilities Company adopted an ambitious new competitive strategy in the mid-1980s, seeking to become the low-cost supplier in New England electric power markets bracing for deregulation. Given its high-cost nuclear facilities, doing so required a corporate turnaround. For a decade Northeast faced increasing public and employee resistance to cost cutting at its nuclear plants. Though management achieved many of its goals, curtailing outlays on nuclear operations meant high risk that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would close the plants because of frequent, prolonged outages. This is just what happened in 1996. Did management's deliberate cost-containment strategy take nuclear operations to an inevitable regulatory shutdown, and if so, why? Was it the pursuit of executive compensation tied to cost containment that caused undue risk of regulatory shutdown? Paul MacAvoy and Jean Rosenthal describe ten years of corporate performance preceding the shutdown, detailing aggressive executive decisions, mounting regulatory actions in response to increasingly severe operational failures, and--at the same time--overall improvement in corporate earnings, stock prices, and executive pay packages. They relate the complexities of managing declining nuclear plant operations under ever more pressing budgetary targets. Their discussion of the increasing risk of outages raises the issue of the tradeoff of profit and conservative management of hazard operations. All the more timely in light of the massive 2003 East Coast blackout, Corporate Profit and Nuclear Safety represents a powerful and cautionary commentary on industrial practices that goes to the heart of effective corporate governance.
Corporate Property Management: Aligning Real Estate With Business Strategy
by Victoria Edwards Louise EllisonCorporate property is routinely identified as the second biggest cost within a business organization after staff. Effective management of such a major asset requires a fundamental understanding of both the operation of the property markets and the operational requirements of the business occupier. This primer on strategic property management focuses on how property held as a corporate asset can be used to add value to the primary business activity of an organization. Rather than separate the needs of the business form the management of the business estate, the aim of Corporate Property Management is to enable the reader to directly support the primary business function through strategic management of corporate property, thereby adding value to the business as a whole. The book introduces a generic framework designed to assist in the analysis of any corporate property portfolio, working as a practical aid to decision making. The book is structured around this framework, providing a detailed review of its application and uses. This is then developed further through extensive use of five in-depth case studies that covers a wide variety of property types and property users – Borders bookshops; Cancer Research high street shops; The Youth Hostel Association; Clifford Chance’s move to Canary Wharf and the Ardtornish Rural Estate in Scotland.
Corporate Psychopaths: Organizational Destroyers
by C. BoddyPsychopaths are little understood outside of the criminal image. However, as the recent global financial crisis highlighted, the behavior of a small group of managers can potentially bring down the entire western system of business. This book investigates who they are, why they do what they do and what the consequences of their presence are.