tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post7007993945770582847..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Inconsistency, poll ratings, and boardroomsJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-60251221057053302452012-02-19T08:53:07.352+00:002012-02-19T08:53:07.352+00:00Business culture in Scandinavia is very 'peopl...Business culture in Scandinavia is very 'people orientated', the role of the board is to give 'nurture' the finances of an organisation to achieve corporate goals. They are also flatter organisations. Business culture in the UK tends to be 'dictatorial' and corporate goals are achieved by feeding instructions down a hierarchical structure, often a hang-over from the English class system. The sickness is that of the culture of business and lack of women at senior levels is just one symptom. Another failure is testosterone driven decision making. Example : Goodwin of RBS decided to do an acquisition of ABN-AMRO when the financial liquidity grounds were dubious, at the bid, he said to the shareholders that her had the 'balls' to do it. I suspect absence of 'balls' would have resulted in better decision making. It should be noted that the Norwegian banking system has not suffered the same fate, as they had done the opposite. They liquidated bad debts early and had realistic valuations on assets. It was Bente Rathe, CEO of Gjensidige, one of the largest banks in Norway at the time, who predicted such poor liquidity would lead to a banking collapse as far back as 2003. Fine woman is Ms Rathe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-59251292253824241732012-02-17T15:19:08.850+00:002012-02-17T15:19:08.850+00:00John
My other reader?? surely notJohn<br /><br />My other reader?? surely notBoncathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-63682426518334022062012-02-16T21:05:31.008+00:002012-02-16T21:05:31.008+00:00Boncath,
But my other reader likes a bit of varie...Boncath,<br /><br />But my other reader likes a bit of variety....John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-2291437474031902172012-02-15T21:28:34.871+00:002012-02-15T21:28:34.871+00:00John
My issue with blogs is that they stimulate di...John<br />My issue with blogs is that they stimulate discussion even passion but are ephemeral in extreme<br /><br />Redistribution and subsidy is a classic example This article should be the basis of a major issue for us in Wales to debate and lo 24hrs later we are back to men and women in the boardroomBoncathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-83141119152894320312012-02-14T20:59:11.797+00:002012-02-14T20:59:11.797+00:00So how will anyone know if their female boss got t...So how will anyone know if their female boss got their job on merit or to meet a quota.<br /><br />How many female Tory MPs are there?<br />How many in the cabinet?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475962539522399975noreply@blogger.com