Governance Reimagined by Koenig, David R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Additional Praise for Governance Reimagined Series Page Title Page Copyright Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction: RE: Governing

Sources of Wealth Perceptions Matter Keep Doing What You Do... And Keep Doing it Well!

Part One: Creation and Evolution: The Source(s) of Wealth

Chapter 1: Understanding Value, Values, and Value Creation

How Much Is that Duck in the Window? Are We Acting on Our Beliefs? Economics and the Creation of Value Only One Equation, I Promise Notes

Chapter 2: Systems and Networks in Our Lives

Secret Agents Systems Theory Network Theory Notes

Chapter 3: The Dynamics of Self-Organizing Groups

From Small, Unconnected Beginnings Hops, Skips, Jumps, and Luck Risk, Success, and Failure The Game of Evolution The Meaning for Organizations Notes

Chapter 4: The Emergence of Complexity Economics

Two Schools in Conflict What's Wrong with Traditional Economics? Building an Economy The Bounds of Rationality Not so Timely or Stable The Role of Networks, Evolution, and Social Interaction What's Next? Notes

Part Two: Looks Matter

Chapter 5: The Enterprise and Those Who Influence its Value

Keystones, Value, and Systems The Organization's Social Network Customers Investors Executive Leadership, Employees, and Contract Workers Board of Directors Suppliers Creditors Regulators Analysts Retirees Case Study: Iceland and the Credit Crisis How We Look Affects Our Value Notes

Chapter 6: Our Human Behavior

Voices in Behavioral Economics The Value of Utility You Decide What Are the Chances of That Happening? Run for the Hills Dragging an Anchor I Could Lose How Much? And Just When Would I Get that? Everywhere, Biases I Care about You Our Evolving Thoughts Notes

Chapter 7: The Human Reaction to Risk

The Perception of Risk Processing Risk Quantification as a Coping Mechanism Looking to the Experts Lessons for Governing our Organizations Notes

Chapter 8: Social Amplification and Tipping Points

At the Threshold Getting Tipsy Walking on Air Letting Out the Air The Social Amplification of Risk Case Study: The Madoff Affair Probability and Impact Are Not Enough The Real Impact Notes

Chapter 9: The Role of Trust in Networks

How Do I Trust Thee? Let Me Count the Ways... Embed with Trust Trust Me and Do as I Say If Only You'd Cooperate Does Our Relationship Need to Be This Complex? I Understand that You Need More Space How Can I Ever Trust You Again? Trust and the Potential of Risk Management Trust and Value Notes

Part Three: Not Everything Is Dead in the Long Run

Chapter 10: Value Revisited

A Random Walk across Midtown Oh, the Possibilities What's the Value of This Journey? Utility Functions Fat Tails, Utility, and Value Parallels to Organizational Life in Systems We're Positively Skewed! Note

Chapter 11: The Role of Resiliency in Creating Value

Resilience Brittleness Single Points of Failure The Path of a Problem Threats to the System Loss Avoidance Revisited Becoming Resilient Notes

Chapter 12: The Things that Motivate People

What Motivates Our Behavior within Organizations? Do Incentives Even Work? Management by Objectives Darley's Law Risk-Sensitive Foraging Free Externalities Management of the Commons Notes

Part Four: The King is Dead

Chapter 13: The Governance of Risk

Risk and Risk Management The Profession of Risk Management Defending the Goal Problems in the Box A Regulation-Sized Goal? Stress Tests, Scenario Analysis, and ANTs Managing the Midfield Setting Up the Offense A Venture Capital View of the Organization A Portfolio View of the Enterprise Overall Governance of Our Organizations Notes

Chapter 14: Networked and Distributive Governance

The Role of the Board Principal-Agent Relationships Key Duties of Board Members The Carver Method Ends and Means Nested Policies Board-Chief Executive Relationship Extending the Model through Subsystems Bringing in the Network Corrupting Powers of a Unitary Board People in Our Network Who Care about Us Rolling it Out through the Organization The Impact of Governance and Transparency on Trust and Value The Integration of Networked and Distributive Models Summary Notes

Chapter 15: Economic Governance

Markets and/or Hierarchies Cities, Organisms, and Organizations Management of the Commons Risk Capital as Commons Bringing it Together Notes

Conclusion: The Re-Governing Opportunity Glossary About the Author Index