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Jossey-Bass title listed here at a 15% discount if purchased through this website. The discount is
applied automatically when you order directly through this website's link to John Wiley & Sons.
and medium sized public companies that what to understand their duties, potential liability, and
corporate governance best practice. It is written in a highly accessible fashion, so you do not
need a law degree to understand these new rules and regulations.
Likewise, the Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is an earthy text that dispenses
with accounting and control jargon. A manager does not need to be a CPA to understand
internal control and how they can address the Section 404 headache.
by Charles W. Mulford and Eugene E. Comiskey.
This book is required reading for anyone wishing to understand, in detail, how management can
manipulate financial reports. The authors identify the ways businesses may mistate financial
performance. They also explore the ways that companies can take advantage of the flexibility of
GAAP and still remain within the rules of proper reporting.
Published by John Wiley & Sons, February 2002
Companies
by Stephen George and Arnold Weimerskirch
This second edition studies 51 of the world's most successful companies in the areas such as
leadership, customer focus, strategic planning, mangement, employee involvement, training,
reward and recognition, process managment, supplier quality, benchmarking, system assessments
and so on. It is a sort of quality handbook. If you believe, as I do, that all of these processes
need to be viewed and coordinated entity-wide rather than in isolation, than this book will help
you get a grasp of the various components that need to be managed and integrated. It will also
lead you other great resources for those areas on which you may choose to focus.
Published by John Wiley & Sons, February 1998
by Paul P. Brontas
This book is short, but loaded with information regarding a director's liability. Written by an
experienced attorney, it is amazingly accessible. I found it relevant with little boilerplate or filler.
I recommend this book to those that want to learn more about their duties and those cases that
have impacted director liability.
by Patrick Lencioni
Patrick Lencioni's books use fables to bring management concepts to life. They are fun to
read and yet, leave you with important management lessons. I particularly like The Five
Temptations of a CEO because any experience manager will recognize the personality types
and probably knows someone who failed due to one or more of the temptations.
Control by Michael Ramos.
While my Manager's Guide is written for non-financial managers, those that already have an
in-depth knowledge of internal control and accounting concepts might want to adopt
Michael's approach. The book is straight-forward, with the goal of addressing Section 404
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as its sole purpose. It also has a separate workbook that can be
purchased to help you organize your work.
by Paul W. McAvoy and Ira M. Millstein
I may be a little biased here, since Ira wrote a forward for my book, and he is a senior partner at
Weil, Gotshal & Manages, the firm I work at. However, I have found anything written by him on
the subject of corporate governance to be worthwhile and likely destined for widespread
implementation by the country's public corporations. He has taught corporate governance at
some of the nation's most prestigious business schools and is sought out by Congress for his
views on the subject. There is little doubt his opinions have had a significant impact on corporate
governance legislation. He has teamed up with Paul McAvoy, a professor at Yale University, to
study the conflicts inherent with a board of directors whose chairman is also the CEO of the
company they oversee.
