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Discuss the relationship between ownership and control in the modern corporation. Owners and managers no longer run large firms in modern society. Nowadays numerous shareholders own and often control firms. Large decisions are left in their hand, although primarily and predominantly, the decisions are in the hands of management in the corporation. Many firms are often employee owned. A company such as John Lewis PLC operates upon the basis of employees owning and controlling the business. Shareholders own other firms such as British Telecom - a private company, and strive to maximise profit and control the business as well as own it. This is similar to John Lewis PLC because employees are trying to own as well as control the business. There are many scenarios involving ownership and control. Shareholders aim to maximise profits. They want their money invested to bring back a profitable return. Managers on the other hand are quite...

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