Boards of directors are sitting ducks. Shareholders complain and even attack, management manipulates, and individual board members have little power, able to act only as part of the board as a whole. Governance issues are front and center, yet there is often little understanding, even among...

All advisors interested in the development of their craft will profit from - and richly enjoy - this lovely book. As Michael R. Yogg makes clear in his readable, short biography, 'Passion for Reality,' Paul Cabot was a central figure in the remarkable 20th century democratization of capitalism...

This book addresses a specific subset of nonprofits that are chartered with a single mission: decrease the burden of government. Designing and engaging nonprofits to lessen the burden of government requires a specific description and acknowledgement of the burden to be lessened, and these may...

In Failure by Design, the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens takes a step back from the acclaimed State of Working America series, building on its wealth of data to relate a compelling narrative of the U.S. economy's struggle to emerge from the Great Recession of 2008. Bivens explains the...

Lashinsky, US-Journalist bei der Zeitschrift "Fortune", fasst seine jahrelangen Beobachtungen des Apple-Konzerns hier zusammen. Von aktiven Apple Managern erfuhr er gar nichts, von anderen umso mehr. Er konstatiert, dass unter Steve Jobs "im ganzen Unternehmen eine Kultur der Angst und...

"Strategic planning is an important function in nonprofit and public organizations, and leaders are continually striving to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations explores John Bryson's strategic planning model and outlines the reasons...

The idea of workers owning the businesses where they work is not new. In America’s early years, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison believed that the best economic plan for the Republic was for citizens to have some ownership stake in the land, which was the main form of productive...