Boards Under Crisis: Board action under pressure [Hardcover]

An innovative, research-based review of how boards make decisions during crises  designed to offer insight and accessible theories for invested senior management facing crises situations. This book gathers recent and historical research on boardroom decision making from the field and business literature to review crises, TMT and decision making.1. Boards In Their Environment 2. Crisis, What Crisis? Boardroom Crisis in Corporate Settings 4. What You Can Do Tomorrow Will Depend Largely on Your Thinking Today: Increased Short Termism and Strategic Myopia During Crisis 5. 'I want to personally check that': Centralization at the Boardroom During Crisis 6.The Portrait of Board Life from Within. Parochialism and Conflict at the Top 7. Strategic Management and OB 8. Remedies for Defective Decision Making Models Under CrisisAlberto Lav?n has been an international management consultant for the last 20 years. As a senior executive with Accenture, the technology and consulting firm, he has worked extensively with corporations and public organizations in Europe, Latin America and the US in topics of strategic change, organizational transformation and leadership development. Prior to Accenture, he worked for El Corte Ingl?s group, one of the leading retailers worldwide. Doctor Lav?n combines consulting with management education and research on a variety of corporate topics, among them boardroom decision making. He currently leads his own consulting practice advising technology firms on a number of strategy and change issues. He is also an Adjunct Professor with IE Business School. Alberto Lav?n holds management degrees from Universidad Comercial de Deusto, IESE Business School and a Doctorate in Business Administration from IE Business School. He is a member of the Academy of Management.

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