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PassageOne
Overthepastdecade,Americancompanieshavetriedhardtofindwaystodiscourageseniormanagersfromfeatheringtheirownnestsattheexpenseoftheirshareholder.Thethreemostpopularreformshavebeenrecruitingmoreoutsidedirectorsinordertomakeboardsmoreindependent,linkingbosses'
paytovariousperformancemeasure,andgivingbossesshareoptions,sothattheyhavethesamelong-terminterestsastheirshareholders.
ThesereformshavebeenwidelyadoptedbyAmerica'
slargercompanies,andsurveyssuggestthatmanymorecompaniesarethinkingoffollowingtheirlead.Buthavetheydoneanygood?
ThreepaperspresentedattheannualmeetingoftheAcademyofManagementinBostonthisweeksuggestnot.Asisusuallythecasewithboardroomtinkering,theconsequenceshavedifferedfromthoseintended.
Startwiththoseindependentboards.Onthefaceofit,dismissingtheboss'
sfriendsfromtheboardandreplacingthemwithoutsiderslooksaperfectwaytomakeseniormanagersmoreaccountable.ButthatisnottheconclusionofastudybyProfessorJamesWestphal.Instead,hefoundthatbosseswithaboardroomfullofoutsidersspendmuchoftheirtimebuildingalliances,doingpersonalfavorsandgenerallypleasingtheoutsiders.
Alltoooften,theseseductionssucceed.Mr.Westphalfoundthat,toaremarkabledegree,"
independent"
boardspursuestrategiesthatarelikelytofavorseniormanagersratherthanshareholders.Suchcompaniesdiversifytheirbusiness,increasethepayofexecutivesandweakenthelinkbetweenpayandperformance.
Toassesstheimpactofperformance-relatedpay,Mr.Westphalaskedthebossesof103companieswithsalesofover$1billionwhatmeasurementswereusedtodeterminetheirpay.Themeasurementsvariedwidely,rangingfromsalestoearningspershare.Buttheresearcher'
sbigdiscoverywasthatbossesattendtomeasuresthataffecttheirownincomesandignoreorplaydownotherfactorsthataffectacompany'
soverallsuccess.
Inshort,bossesarequicktoturneveryimaginablesystemofcorporategovernmenttotheiradvantage-whichisprobablywhytheyarethepeoplewhoareputinchargeofthings.Hereisparadoxforthemanagementtheorists:
anybosswhocannotbeatasystemdesignedtokeephimundercontrolisprobablynotworthhavingnotbeatasystemdesignedtokeephimundercontrolisprobablynotworthhaving.
1.Whatisthepurposeofthelargecompaniesinrecruitingoutsidersandputtingthemontheboardofdirectors?
a.todiversifythebusinessofthecorporation.
b.Toenhancethecooperationbetweentheseniormanagersandtheboarddirectors.
c.Tointroduceeffectivereformsinbusinessmanagement.
d.Toprotecttheinterestsoftheshareholders.
2.WhatdoesProfessorJamesWestphal’sstudysuggest?
a.Boardroomreformshavefailedtoachievethedesiredresult.
b.Outsideboarddirectorstendtobemoreindependent.
c.Withaboardroomfullofoutsiders,seniormanagersworkmoreconscientiously.
d.Cooperationbetweenseniormanagersandboarddirectorssufferedfromthereforms.
3.Theword“seduction”inthefourthparagraphprobablymeans“____”
a.effortstoconquerb.attemptstowinover
c.endeavorstoincreaseprofitsd.exertionstounderstand
4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?
a.corporateexecutivesingeneralareworththehighpaytheyreceive.
b.Theincomeofcorporateexecutivesisproportionaltothegrowthofcorporateprofits.
c.Corporateexecutivestendtotakeadvantageoftheirpositiontoenrichthemselves.
d.Theperformanceofcorporateexecutivesaffectstheirowninterestsmorethanthoseoftheshareholders.
5.Howdoestheauthorfeelabouttheeffortstocontrolseniorexecutives?
a.doubtful.B.optimistic.C.positive.D.approving.
Passagetwo
Inancienttimeswealthwasmeasuredandexchangedtangibly,inthingsthatcouldbetouched:
foods,tools,andpreciousmetalsandstones.Thenthebartersystemwasreplacedbycoins,whichstillhadtealvaluesincetheywerepiecesofraremetal.Coinswerefollowedbyfiatmoney(不兑换的纸币),papernotesthathavevalueonlybecauseeveryoneagreestoacceptthem.
Todayelectronicmonetarysystemsaregraduallybeingintroducedthatwilltransformmoneyintoevenlesstangibleforms,reducingittoarraysof“bitsandbytes”,orunitsofcomputerizedinformation,whizzingbetweenmachinesatthespeedoflight.Already,electronicfundtransferallowsmoneytobeinstantlysentandreceivedbydifferentbanks,companiesthroughcomputersandtelecommunicationsdevices.
6.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethemostappropriatetitleforthepassage?
a.InternationalBankingPolicies
b.TheHistoryofMonetaryExchange
c.TheDevelopmentofPa
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