The more active working directors become, the more closely involved they resemble the executives now responsible for providing business leadership. A… - Robert Aaron Gordon

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The more active working directors become, the more closely involved they resemble the executives now responsible for providing business leadership. A full-time working director is merely another official who is also a director. Wide adoption of the proposal for professional directors, particularly if management is able to select the directors itself, may merely make general the situation now found in some companies in which only the executive group is represented on the board.

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About Robert Aaron Gordon

Robert Aaron Gordon (26 July 1908 - April 7, 1978) was an American economist and professor at the School of Business of the University of California (Berkeley), known for his works on business leadership, higher business education, business cycle theory and policy.

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Alternative Names: R. Aaron Gordon Aaron Goldstein
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