7112 – Corporate Governance

Description

About this course:

• Corporate Governance: A Frontier Subject
• Governance and Management
• Theories, Philosophies, and Concepts of Corporate Governance
• The Governance Partnership: Investors, Companies, and Directors
• Models of Corporate Governance
• Functions of the Board
• The Governance of Corporate Risk
• Board and Business Ethics
• Governance of listed companies
• Governance of non-listed companies
• Board Membership: Directors’ Appointment, Roles, and Remuneration
• Board Leadership: The Reality oft he Boardroom
• Board Activities: Corporate Governance in Practice
• Board Effectiveness: Building Better Boards
• Board Evaluation: Reviewing Directors and Board

On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate a critical awareness and understanding of Corporate Governance at the master’s level that provides a basis for developing and/or applying new ideas, often within a research context.
• apply knowledge, critical understanding, and problem-solving abilities in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study (Corporate Governance)
• assimilate knowledge and formulate opinions with incomplete or limited information, but that include a reflection on social and ethical responsibilities.
• communicate their assumptions, and knowledge regarding Corporate Governance and the rationale underpinning these, to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.
• use the acquired skills to allow them to continue to study in a manner that may be largely self-directed and autonomous.
• integrate knowledge from other courses of the master program and practical business and formulate critical judgments with incomplete data.