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Question
Explain the following term/concept:
Board of Directors.
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Solution
(1) The collective term applied to the full complement of the directors of a company. It is the Board of directors rather than individual members of it Which is responsible for directing the activities of the company, framing plans and policies decision making, and carrying out other important functions of the management of the company. The directors exercise their powers collectively as a Board. They cannot exercise their powers in an individual capacity.
(2) The directors are superiors and occupy an important (key) positions in the management of the company. They are authorised by the shareholders to utilise the capital to acquire assets to appoint the personnel to conduct the affairs of the company for the benefit of the shareholders. The Board of Directors is the policy-framing and decision making organ of the company. The Board of directors elects their representative from amongst them as Managing Director. The managing director is required to execute the policy framed by the Board.
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