Management by Melville
I just finished reading Moby
Dick (I guess technically, I was re-reading it, but it had been so
long, I didn't remember much about it). Besides the pleasure of reading
a great book, there are lessons that apply to the current state of
corporate affairs. Ahab is much like an out of control CEO directing the company
at his whim rather than for the interests of the shareholders and employees.
Would Sarbanes-Oxley and a strong board of directors have saved the
Pequod from disaster?