In a letter to parliament's Culture, Media and Sport committee last month, James Murdoch said he could have asked more questions of senior officers at the firm, but rejected the suggestion that his resignation as chief executive reflected unrevealed knowledge relating to the scandal.
In the U.S. and the U.K., individual executive salaries are public knowledge, thanks to strict disclosure laws.
In the second half of 2010, September, Nokia (NOK) named Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft (MSFT) employee and someone with a strong knowledge of the US software market, as its newest chief executive officer.
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But Mrs Brooks, who left her role as NI chief executive because of the hacking scandal but denies having had any knowledge of the practice while at the paper, says the phone "was not a personal gift".
This is a problem for the executive suite every bit as much as it is for the average knowledge worker sitting in his or her cube.
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During those 18 months he says in addition to honing his executive business skills, he also learned the importance of absorbing the knowledge of professionals from various industries and areas of expertise.
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The executive eventually reached a settlement prohibiting him from publicly discussing Autonomy, say people with knowledge of the matter.
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Yet the organisation seems to have a surprising gap in its own knowledge - it has told the Information Commissioner that it doesn't hold any information on what its chief executive is paid.
The successful candidate will bring at least three years of board experience, have a good working knowledge and understanding of executive compensation, be skilled in psychological jujitsu, and have enough political savvy to win a Chicago mayoral election.
The executive-search firms that are getting into the game boast that they have a special weapon: their knowledge of the quality of people available in the job market at large.
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