Corporate Boards and the CEO Selection Process
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There is no more important responsibility for a board of directors than the selection and removal of the CEO, along with monitoring and evaluating the CEO’s performance. There is also no greater negative impact that a dysfunctional and divided board might have than on the CEO selection and removal process. Three recent cases demonstrate the importance of that claim – Hewlett Packard, Yahoo, and Pfizer. There are certain parallels between each case, but each case also reflects a different set of negative characteristics.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011