Includes bibliographical references (p. 292) and index.

$a The problem; the solution; organizations - what are they for?; the purpose sequence; performance indicators; the target sequence; the purpose sequence for companies; the spoilers; the purpose sequence for NPOs; a college and the Girl Guides; the prisons - local and national government; the police - architects; the stakeholder theory; the principle of engagement; defective systems of governance; the governing directors; the management of organizations; the consequences of the beneficiary doctrine; the governance of nations

$a A re-evaluation of the way organizations set standards of performance and how they measure company achievement. By comparing the analysis strategies and motivation of profit and non-profit organizations, Argenti outines how organizations can become part of a new socially and responsible era.