2013/2014
BA-HAI_2GOV Corporate Governance
| English Title |
| Corporate
Governance |
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| Language |
English |
| Exam ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Quarter |
| Course period |
First Quarter, Autumn |
| Time Table |
Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc in International
Business
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| Course
coordinator |
- Therese Strand - Department of International Economics and
Management (INT)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- International Political Economy
- Management
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Last updated on
20-08-2013
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| Learning objectives |
By the end of the course, students
should be able to critically evaluate selected theories within the
fields of corporate governance, corporate social responsibility,
and business ethics, as well as discuss how these frameworks can be
applied to concrete business situations:
- Explain, combine and analytically discuss the theories,
frameworks, models and concepts presented in the course.
- Critically discuss the role of business in society, in the
context of globalised markets and internationally active
firms.
- Identify business challenges and opportunities arising from
internal corporate governance challenges and external stakeholder
pressures.
- Using the concepts and frameworks discussed in the course,
sketch responses to these challenges and opportunities, and reason
why those responses would pass the “good business ethics” test of
critical observers.
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| Examination |
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Corporate
Governance:
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| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
48 hours to prepare |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
October and December/January, the regular exam
takes place in October. The make-up and re-examination takes place
in January. |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
The make-up and re-examination takes
place according to the same rules as the regular
exam.
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Description of the exam
procedure
48 hour take home case exam. The exam
will test students' ability to use relevant theoretical
concepts and analytical approaches from the course in corporate
governance and finance to the analysis of a real case company. The
contribution will not be evaluated on the students' ability to
reproduce the theoretical contents of the course but rather the
ability to use and apply them intelligently and creatively in a
practical analysis.
Grading w
ill be based upon
demonstration of analytical skills, logical reasoning, and
consistent argumentation, application of relevant theory and
supportive evidence, as well as the structure, clarity, and
proficiency of the report. Students are expected to demonstrate
appropriate use of perspectives, theories, frameworks, approaches,
and models developed during the
course
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| Course content and
structure |
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Corporate governance concerns the way firms are directed and
controlled. The regulatory backlash caused by corporate scandals
and the financial crisis, as well as growing public and media
pressure on companies to act in a ‘socially responsible’ way, have
put stakeholder engagement on top of the corporate agenda.
Regardless of international business managers’ individual
philosophical stance on what the role of business in society should
be, these pressures cannot go unmanaged and need to be addressed in
a strategic manner. A thorough understanding of the corporate
governance demands companies face today is therefore a necessary
prerequisite in any international business function.
This course gives an introduction to the theoretical foundations
of corporate governance, develops awareness of associated practical
problems, and provides an overlook of governance systems around the
world. The intertwine of legal, economic, political, and
psychological factors affecting how firms and markets are run and
controlled creates complexity and challenges our ability to state
and solve problems practically as well as intellectually. The
course provides students with a toolbox and skills for evaluating
firms from a governance point of view.
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| Teaching methods |
| The course is lecture based, using
various texts, journal articles, cases, research results, and
current events and news to illustrate the topic of the session.
Students will be given the chance to solve a case analyzing given
aspects of corporate governance. This is organized as a small group
work and the teacher will provide feedback to each group. |
| Expected literature |
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Steen Thomsen & Martin Conyon. Corporate Governance;
Mechanisms and Systems. McGraw Hill 2012.
Complementary excerpts from books and articles will be
downloadable from LEARN free of charge.
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Last updated on
20-08-2013
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