Managing in the Corporate Interest
Managing in the Corporate Interest

Author: Vicki Smith

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0520309766

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In the 1980s, corporate America experienced massive cutbacks and organizational decline after decades of economic growth and dominance. The institutional and ideological changes that were part of the transformation created a new landscape of work and social relations for corporate middle managers. Managing in the Corporate Interest assesses this landscape by examining a large diversified bank that restructured its organizational and personnel policies to meet a new era of corporate competition. Drawing on interviews with managers and personnel management employees, observation of management training seminars, and documentary sources, this book examines the unique mission handed to middle managers to scale back paternalistic employment policies. It also analyzes the intra-management conflict incurred when corporate top managers attempted to disguise their downsizing strategies and refused to acknowledge their own role in creating the bank’s economic crisis. Vicki Smith's work suggests that quick-fix strategies such as downsizing and cutbacks, which dominated corporate profitability strategies in the 1980s, can corrode trust and legitimacy in the workplace. In the long run, such strategies also undermine consent to the current and very necessary transformation of the way American firms do business. Managing in the Corporate Interest contains important lessons about the rise and decline of economic enterprises and provides a wide-ranging look at changes in the management, structure, and production processes of American corporations. Richly documented and accessibly written, this incisive work will appeal to business people and scholars alike. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

Political Standards
Political Standards

Author: Karthik Ramanna

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2015-11-09

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 022621074X

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Assembling compelling and unprecedented evidence, "Political Standards: Accounting for Legitimacy" documents how in subtle ways the rules of corporate accounting a critical institution in modern market capitalism have been captured to benefit industrial corporations, financial firms, and audit firms. In what is perhaps the only independent overview of the accounting industry, Karthik Ramanna begins with a history of corporate accounting and an accessible explanation of how it works today, including the essential roles it plays in defining the fundamental notion of profitability, facilitating asset allocation, and ensuring the accountability of corporations and their managers. From the evidence, Ramanna shows how accounting rule-makers selectively co-opt conceptual arguments from academia and elsewhere to advance the views of the special-interest groups. From this, Ramanna moves on to develop more broadly a new type of regulatory challenge that of producing public policy in a thin political market. His argument is that accounting rules cannot be determined without the substantial expertise and experience of groups that by definition also have strong commercial interests in the outcome." Political Standards" concludes with an exploration of possible solutions to the problem in accounting and that of thin political markets in general, charting avenues for scholarship and practice. Certain to be an eye-opening account of a massive industry central to the modern business world, "Political Standards "will be an essential resource in understanding how the rules of the game business are set, whom they inevitably favor, and how they can be changed for the better of society."

Managing Corporate Liquidity
Managing Corporate Liquidity

Author: Lance Moir

Publisher: Global Professional Publishi

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781888998641

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� Essential reading for finance directors and corporate treasurers � Gives detailed information on recently developed controls such as interest rate hedging If cash, as every manager knows, is the life blood of a business then managing cash flow, interest rates and banking relations are among the vital functions of treasury management in any business. Managing Corporate Liquidity is a practical and concise guide offering advice and insight into the fundamental decisions of liquidity management that managers have to make. It takes into full account the increased use of liquidity instruments, looking in detail at interest rate hedging and additional control mechanisms which have been developed in recent years. This book is especially targeted to finance directors, corporate treasurers, and managers--in fact, everyone within a business who should be aware of the cash flow implications of their actions.

Managing Corporate Social Responsibility in Action
Managing Corporate Social Responsibility in Action

Author: Frank de Bakker

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-05-13

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1317101863

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Since the mid 1990s political and public debates about the social responsibilities of firms have gained renewed force. Although CSR seems to be a well defined concept in management literature, in its diverse applications the CSR concept loses much of its pertinence. In Managing Corporate Social Responsibility in Action, the authors focus on different aspects of managing CSR in action to capture differences between discourse and practice. By examining the question from three angles - talking about CSR, doing CSR and measuring CSR - they attempt to make sense of the difference between practice and reality. This volume considers ways to overcome the difficulties that arise around CSR in action.

Managing Business Risk
Managing Business Risk

Author: Jonathan Reuvid

Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers

Published: 2010-02-03

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0749459018

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Effective risk management is a vital issue to consider when looking to safeguard your company's commercial future and deal with the latest regulatory requirements. Managing Business Risk will enable your company to maintain the clearest possible controls on risks that may threaten your business, while at the same time deliver transparent reporting to your stakeholders. The book examines the key areas of risk you need to consider in today's complex and competitive business market. Drawing on expert advice from leading risk consultants, lawyers and regulatory authorities, it shows you how to protect your business against a rising tide of business risks. If you don't build risk controls into the structure of your company, from the boardroom down, then your business could be vulnerable to a number of threats - both internal and external. Identify and neutralise them now, and give your company a competitive advantage.

Taxmann's CRACKER for Strategic Financial Management (Paper 2 | SFM) – Covering past exam questions (arranged sub-topic-wise) & answers along with RTPs/MTPs of ICAI for CA Final | Nov. 2023 Exam
Taxmann's CRACKER for Strategic Financial Management (Paper 2 | SFM) – Covering past exam questions (arranged sub-topic-wise) & answers along with RTPs/MTPs of ICAI for CA Final | Nov. 2023 Exam

Author: CA (Dr.) K.M. Bansal

Publisher: Taxmann Publications Private Limited

Published: 2023-06-01

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9357780688

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This book is prepared exclusively for the Final Level of Chartered Accountancy Examination requirement. It covers the questions & detailed answers strictly as per the new syllabus of ICAI. The Present Publication is the 8th Edition for CA-Final | New Syllabus | Nov. 2023 Exams. This book is authored by CA (Dr) K.M. Bansal & CA Anjali Agarwal, with the following noteworthy features: • Strictly as per the New Syllabus of ICAI • Coverage of this book includes: o All Past Exam Questions & Answers, including: § CA Final | SFM | May 2023 Exam o Questions from RTPs and MTPs of ICAI • [Arrangement of Question] Questions in each chapter are arranged 'sub-topic' wise with additional solved practice questions • [Trend Analysis] Previous Exam Trend Analysis from May 2019 onwards • [Marks Distribution] Chapter-wise marks distribution from May 2016 onwards • [Comparison with Study Material] Chapter-wise comparison with ICAI Study Material Contents of this book are as follows: • Financial Policy and Corporate Strategy • Risk Management • Security Analysis • Security Valuation • Portfolio Management • Securitization • Mutual Funds • Derivatives Analysis and Valuation • Foreign Exchange Exposure & Risk Management • International Financial Management • Interest Rate Risk Management • Corporate Valuation • Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring • Start-up Finance