The Principal Fiduciary Duties of Boards of Directors Presentation at Third Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance Singapore, 4 April 2001 Professor Bernard S. Black Stanford Law School bblack@stanford.edu 1-650-725-9845 Introduction I want to offer an overview of the principal fiduciary duties of boards of directors. I will speak mostly from a common law perspective. Fiduciary duties of directors were first elaborated by common law judges, operating without any guidance from the
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ISSN: 2247-6172; ISSN-L: 2247-6172 Review of Applied Socio- Economic Research (Volume 5, Issue 1/ 2013 ), pp. 53 URL: http://www.reaser.eu e-mail: editors@reaser.eu Employee motivation and organizational performance Ovidiu-Iliuta Dobre 1+ 1 The Bucharest University of Economic Studies Abstract. The majority of organizations are competing to survive in this volatile and fierce market environment. Motivation and performance of the employees are essential tools for the success of
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Da Nang University of Economics Sunderland University Degree Programme RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS By: Truong Thao Nguyen (Anne) SUD-11 October, 2013 Da Nang Table of Contents Introduction 12 Scenario Analysis 13 Employee recruitment, selection and retention procedures 13 Styles and attributes needed for leadership 27 Trait theory and behavioral theory 27 Acme and Omega Case Study
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You are a manager at Winsome Manufacturing Company, a company that produces plastic storage containers and sells them to the home consumer through home sales events. At the company’s quarterly meeting, the head of marketing described a new product to be introduced in the first quarter of the next fiscal year, approximately nine months from now. The product will be a room-sized plastic storage unit suitable to the outside of the home; it is similar to a competitor’s product but will have significantly
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Conflict Resolution University of Phoenix 9/2/15 Conflict is one piece of the human experience that never appears to go away totally as time has gone on. There is constantly some kind of conflict occurrence consistently. From little family disagreements of not taking out the trash or leaving filthy dishes in the sink to extensive wars between nations, strife is something that is by all accounts digging in for the long haul. Regardless of how advanced, developed or illuminated we think
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G.I. Jane Are women in the military discouraged from training to meet the men's standards? Is this why a significant amount of women have dropped out of military training? (Eden 39) Women in military positions is an issue that has been very controversial for many years. Today, women that are usually serving in the military have an administrative or medical occupation, but filmmakers like Ridley Scott show that women can be strong, independent soldiers. In the movie, the main character Lieutenant
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handled differently and offer recommendations to get her career back on track. Introduction Lisa Benton was frustrated and dissatisfied with her new job at Houseworld where she started by a lack of responsibility and poor relationship with her boss, Linton, a colleague Ron Scoville and recently with the reveal of her negative performance review. Benton was concern of her career in Houseworld and was thinking of calling her former supervisor Kingston, of Right-Away Stores. During her first weeks
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Chapter 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter presents the review of the related literature and studies underlying the framework of the study. It includes the conceptual model of the study and the operational definition of terms. Review of Related Foreign Literature Computer Games Computers are used in entertainment for a very long time since 1970’s. Video games are used as a significant source for young generation such as children, teenagers and young adults in entertainment
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Introduction: The nature of the job in every organization consumes human being’s energy. Moreover, the technology development increased the stress in people life, and the situation has become harder. In meaning, job stress influence negatively on employee’s life inside the organization in several aspects. One of them is the psychology which plays a main role on employee’s performance. Furthermore, anxious mind cannot help to finish exercises perfectly. Also, sometimes, organizations fall to determine
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Strategic Human Resource Management TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Literature Review 4. Critical Analysis 5. Finding and Recommendation 6. Conclusion 7. Bibliography 8. Appendixes Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective Human resource practices of Make My Trip Pvt. Ltd. In the case of this paper, the data has been collected
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