https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/5.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/498242.aspxSat, 20 Oct 2012 18:36:35 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:498242Anenome0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/498242.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=498242<p> Boards will continue to exist. They work fine.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/498235.aspxSat, 20 Oct 2012 16:51:44 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:498235Malachi0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/498235.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=498235<blockquote><div>Why don&#39;t the assembly of shareholders appoint CEO directly?</div></blockquote> this mechanism makes it possible to further divide labor, allowing people to invest capital in an enterprise with minimum amount of consequential time investment. It also allows active investors to shop their services about as good pickers of high level management types.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/498234.aspxSat, 20 Oct 2012 16:47:27 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:498234z12350https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/498234.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=498234<p> Most boards of directors are already mainly comprised of the largest shareholders or their representatives.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/498233.aspxSat, 20 Oct 2012 16:00:23 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:498233Eugene0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/498233.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=498233<p> From WIkipedia:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> *****</p> <p> Typical duties of boards of directors include:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_directors#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_directors#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <ul> <li> governing the organization by establishing broad policies and objectives;</li> <li> selecting, appointing, supporting and reviewing the performance of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive" title="Chief executive">chief executive</a>;</li> <li> ensuring the availability of adequate financial resources;</li> <li> approving annual budgets;</li> <li> accounting to the stakeholders for the organization&#39;s performance;</li> <li> setting the salaries and compensation of company management.</li> </ul> <p> *****</p> <p> Do you think in a free society boards of directors will be common? To me it seems more like a cumbersome bureucratic mechanism rather than something useful. Why don&#39;t the assembly of shareholders appoint CEO directly?</p> <p> What do you think?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>