For organizations to endure, they must strike a balance between risks and rewards, short-term objectives and long-run goals, autonomy and control, and the interests of various stakeholders. To achieve these balances, companies need effective ways of challenging the decisions that top management teams make, particularly those that involve strategic choices. It’s impossible to do that with rules and regulations; corporations need well-functioning boards of directors.
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For organizations to endure, they must strike a balance between risks and rewards, short-term objectives and long-run goals, autonomy and control, and the interests of various stakeholders. To achieve these balances, companies need effective ways of challenging the decisions that top management teams make, particularly those that involve strategic choices. It’s impossible to do that […]
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