Nu Skin Makes Changes to Board and Regional Management Team.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-7 September 2006-Nu Skin Makes Changes to Board and Regional Management Team(C)2006 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Nu Skin Enterprises reported organizational changes to its board of directors and regional management team. Included in the changes is the appointment of Steven J. Lund to the...

The World Poker Store Makes Changes to Board, Promotion.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-19 May 2008-The World Poker Store Makes Changes to Board, Promotion(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The World Poker Store, an international entertainment company, announced changes to its board of directors and management team. The company has added Lili Pan to its board of directors....

Education policy: integrated governance as a reform strategy in schools.
Abstract In the transition of governance arrangements in the Chicago Public Schools, several concerns arose regarding the new system=s effectiveness in addressing complex challenges facing the schools. This study examines how the new system of integrated governance improves the conditions for teaching and learning. Furthermore, this study...

Linktone Makes Management Changes.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-23 April 2008-Linktone Makes Management Changes(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Linktone, a provider of wireless interactive entertainment services to consumers and advertising services in China, announced the appointment of Anthony Chia as its Chief Operating Officer and Jimmy Lai as its Chief Financial Officer, as well...

Money ready, terms of payment 'easy'.
The Gokongwei group is very liquid and can easily raise its US$616.7 million share in the US$925 million joint venture formed with the First Pacific group to hold stakes in Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and Bonifacio Land Corp., JG Summit Holdings Inc. chairman James Go said. ...

The changing board of directors: board independence in S & P 500 firms.
ABSTRACT With the enactment of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, more attention has turned to the composition and size of corporate boards of directors. With the new regulations, we have seen an increase in the number of independent board members and a decrease in the average size of...

Board OKs UMass plan and Worcester chancellor.
Byline: Adam Gorlick AMHERST - University of Massachusetts trustees signed off yesterday on President Jack Wilson's first goal for reorganizing the five-campus system, but their approval of new chancellors in Worcester and Boston did nothing to quiet a wider controversy over how to revamp the...

WOW Hall to have new board, major changes.
Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard Those involved with the Community Center for the Performing Arts, the organization that presides over the WOW Hall, often describe it as a family. Tonight, after the CCPA membership chooses up to seven new board members and general manager Cindy...

Turning to the board for a fill-in CEO: absent a succession plan, it's certainly tempting to put a sitting director into the CEO slot on an acting basis. Don't do it without considering your options.
BOARD MEMBERS slipped into acting CEO roles last year at a number of large public companies, including 3M, NCR, Bob Evans Farms, and Newell Rubbermaid. Absent a succession plan, it's certainly tempting to put a sitting director into the CEO slot on an acting basis, particularly if it's a...

The marginal chief executive.
Try as it will, even the most highly motivated board of directors sometimes chooses a chief executive who turns out to be less than qualified. Mistakes happen, for example, when the board doesn't really understand the skills required for success in the business. Or, the wrong choice can simply...