Diversity and the Effective Corporate Board

Presents evidence about diversity on corporate boards in terms of gender, age, nationality, tenure, education, experience and personalities

Ram Kumar Mishra (Author), Shital Jhunjhunwala (Author)

9780124104976, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 14 May 2013

124 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1 cm, 0.18 kg

"Diversity within a corporate board of directors is increasingly seen as an important element in making the corporation profitable...They describe the need for diversity in gender, age, nationality, tenure, education, experience, and personalities…Among the topics are women on boards, global boards for global companies, veterans and novices, skill diversity, and building an effective board." --ProtoView.com, February 2014

The book discusses the various aspects of diversity of corporate boards in terms of gender, age, nationality, tenure, education, experience and personalities. It enumerates the need for such diversity in each category and related concerns. Statistics from around the world support the authors’ claims. The nine chapters in this short book have not been previously published.

1. Board Diversity 2. Women on Boards3. Gender Diversity in Singapore and India4. As Companies Go Global, Boards Must Follow5. Board Composition - Novice or Veteran6. Age Diversity – Towards Balanced Boards 7. Skill Diversity 8. Blend of Personalities 9. Building an Effective Board

Subject Areas: Corporate governance [KJR], Personnel & human resources management [KJMV2], Management of specific areas [KJMV], Occupational & industrial psychology [JMJ]