I continue my review of The Handbook of Board Governance: A Comprehensive Guide for Public, Private, and Not-for-Profit Board Member. With the current post, I provide comments on Part 6 of the book, Governance of Information Technology. See prior introductory comments and those on Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5. As I have indicated before, The Handbook of Board Governance will soon be […]
We are living a time of sad celebration: just a few weeks ago, we were honoring the one hundredth anniversary of the start of the First Great War. For sure, lots of people remember the many unfortunate consequences – both personal and social, including corporate – it provoked; but, maybe, only a few remember the savvy […]
Indian IT firms are witnessing a significant jump in attrition levels. Retention has become a key challenge. Several IT firms are set to implement Employee stock option plans (ESOPs), reports Bibhu Ranjan Mishra from the Business Standard. Infosys discontinued its ESOP policy in May 2003, saying “the employees are not keen on it.” However, in […]
Making IT Governance Work in a Sarbanes-Oxley World by Jaap Bloem, Menno van Doorn and Piyush Mittal presents a clear view that integrates corporate governance to IT governance. With 50% of all capital investment going into IT, it is critical that legal compliance be built in. This book discusses the issues and common misconceptions. Then […]