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Corporate and HR strategy: Corporate governance

Includes governance structures, accountability, remuneration committees and executive teams

Looking in the mirror at organisational development

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What does OD do?

Organisational development has been around since the late 1940s, but even practitioners working in this field find it difficult to define precisely. Valerie Garrow and Sharon Varney hold a mirror up to the discipline

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News

04 June 2009
Non-executive directors feel the heat over boardroom pay
In one of the biggest shareholder rebellions at a FTSE-100 company, 60 per cent of shareholders at Royal Dutch Shell voted against plans to award...
27 May 2009
Non-executive directors face scrutiny over board pay
The role of non-executive directors on remuneration committees has come under increased scrutiny following a backlash...
21 May 2009
Head of Goodwin reward committee quits Yell
The head of the remuneration committee responsible for agreeing the GBP700,000-a-year pension pot for Sir Fred Goodwin, the disgraced RBS head,...

Features and comment

02 July 2009
Challenge to the board
Non-executive directors are there partly to ask the awkward questions. So why did some conspicuously fail to rein in...
14 May 2009
When the only way is up
Financial services is banking on HR to find and keep talent for the inevitable recovery. Leon Gettler reports

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21 August 2008
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10 July 2008
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Your say

30 October 2008
Let's look at the role business ought to play in society
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02 October 2008
Keep egos in check to prevent more Lehman-style crises
That ego and a need for power lurk deep in the psyche of many high-achieving business leaders should not surprise anyone. These characteristics...

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09 October 2008
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