It takes the average reader and 38 minutes to read The Elephant in the Boardroom by Debra L. Brown
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Boards of directors are under increased pressure to ensure effective governance and oversight of complex modern corporations. They must describe the corporation to its shareholders and stakeholders in precise, honest, practical and useful terms. To do so, they must assess information by asking themselves, [beta]Is this significant enough to change a user[alpha]s decisions about the company?[gamma] In other words, [beta]Is it material?[gamma] However, the board often receives divergent reports from four types of experts: the accountant or auditor, the securities or investor relations expert, the corporate lawyer or legal counsel, and the ethicist or social responsibility champion. Each expert applies divergent views of [beta]materiality[gamma] to the information he or she supplies to the board. Each is partly right, but no one expert sees the complete picture. This report aims to help boards synthesize the perspectives of different professions into a complete whole2what the authors call [beta]meta-materiality.[gamma].
The Elephant in the Boardroom by Debra L. Brown is 37 pages long, and a total of 9,509 words.
This makes it 12% the length of the average book. It also has 12% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 51 minutes to read The Elephant in the Boardroom aloud.
The Elephant in the Boardroom is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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