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Costs Are Cool: The Strategic Value of Economic Clarity

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:31:17 +0000

For most nonprofit organizations, the art of making tradeoffs is a condition of survival as well as a key element of success. With limited means to address substantial social challenges, nonprofit leaders constantly make choices about the most effective way to allocate available resources among competing priorities.
information about revenues (in the form of donations, grants, and earned income) is usually fairly solid, organizational knowledge about costs tends to be weak. This is particularly the case when it comes to the true, all-in costs of providing services, running programs and otherwise operating the organization. Lacking this information, nonprofit executives often end up having to make important resource-related decisions on the basis of intangibles such as intuition, the skills and knowledge of the program staff, or the preferences and inclinations of the organization’s funders.
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Will Wall Street Redefine The MBA Curriculum?

maddy — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:31:06 +0000

Management courses at business schools have always been the subject of much debate and discussion. Schools have had to modify and adapt to constantly changing economic demands, but 2010 might just be the most game changing yet.
Today, we are well on our way to making core classes on ethics and sustainable business practices a real and relevant part of MBA curricula. While the approach has differed by school—some have made these courses compulsory, others have preferred the electives route—the central concern remains the need for responsible leadership in the marketplace.
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Employee Ownership and Corporate Governance in Post-Privatization Russia

newuser — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:15:51 +0000

This paper brings into focus the impact of employee buyouts on corporate governance in transition ten years after the large-scale privatization took place in Russia. The analysis shows that although privatization employee buyouts have helped to reduce unemployment and prevent major social conflicts, it otherwise had a negative effect on corporate governance and firms’ productivity. An excessively large labor force and the management’s tendency to preserve the old Soviet-style corporate governance hampered the long-term growth of privatized enterprises in Russia. Unlike in many other transition countries employees in Russia were obedient to the directors who ruled the enterprises in the absence of any meaningful system of checks and balances. Employee ownership still remains a popular idea in Russia, but subsequent attempts of the Russian government to isolate enterprises from outside investors in the form of people’s enterprises have proved to be a failure … click here to read ahead

Designing A Compensation for executives

maddy — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:01:38 +0000

There is evidence that compensation levels are linked to firm performance as well as monitoring, in other words, the composition of the board influence compensation.
The Industry firms might pay the CEO for performance. Also, stock ownership influence compensation levels; when the five largest shareholders increase their holdings, CEO compensation levels decrease. We interpret this finding as that monitoring is important and the agency costs can be reduced by higher holdings by institutional investors.
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Risk Intelligent Governance

maddy — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:43:47 +0000

This publication provides information on the board’s role in risk oversight and includes six areas of focus coupled with action-oriented steps to take, along with questions for management, and tools that may help a board execute on its risk oversight responsibilities. Read more…

Anglo American: Setting new standards of Business ethics and corporate social responsibility

maddy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:51:17 +0000

Anglo American is a world leader in mining. It is a UK-based plc that operates in many countries around the globe, including Africa, Europe and the UK. It extracts metals, such as copper and platinum, and coal and its Tarmac business produces asphalt and concrete for roads. Mining can have a big impact on the environment and involves governments, as resources are owned by nations. Mining operations therefore usually require a licence. There may also be pressure groups involved so it is vital for mining companies to gain support from the communities in which they work. To underpin this, they must act ethically. Read more…

The corporate governance of an organisation managing Islamic charitable endowments (waqfs)

maddy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:30:11 +0000

Charitable endowments (known in Arabic as waqfs) or pious endowments (Behrens-Abouseif, 1994) have their roots in the charitable donation of assets. This Islamically-based financial tool has been utilised to fund large-scale projects. The underlying principle of the charitable endowment is that the donated asset can never be sold, and the returns arising from the asset are for the use of the community. Read More…

Corporate Social Responsibility: Amway Experience!

maddy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:38:07 +0000

Amway is one of the world’s largest direct sales organisations with over 3 million Independent Business Owners (IBOs) in over 80 markets and territories worldwide. It is a family-owned business with a strong emphasis on family values. Its IBOs are often couples. Many of these are raising families. They therefore have a strong bond with children. These families are more than happy to partner with Amway, who, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, works with UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. Read More…

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ICT and e-Governance for Rural Development

newuser — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:30:28 +0000

Rural e-Governance applications in the recent past have demonstrated the important role the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play in the realm of rural development. Several e-Governance projects have attempted to improve the reach, enhance the base, minimize the processing costs, increase transparency, and reduce the cycle times. Several states have initiated the creation of State Wide Area Networks (SWAN) to facilitate electronic access of the state and district administration services to the citizens in villages…click here to read ahead

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The Path to World-class IT Governance: Maturing Your IT Organization to the Next Level

maddy — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:21:14 +0000

Many IT organizations lack clear well-defined plans that will bring them to mature governance. By focusing on seven key process categories, an organization can determine its governance maturity. A staged approach allows companies to realize rapid time to value by introducing new tools and processes on an incremental basis. As a result, they can avoid an expensive, one-size-fits-all governance solution that may bring failure. Read More...