2018/2019
MA-MMBFV2076U Corporate Governance
| English Title |
| Corporate
Governance |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
3 ECTS |
| Type |
Elective |
| Level |
Part Time Master |
| Duration |
One Quarter |
| Start time of the course |
Fourth Quarter |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for Full-Time MBA
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| Course
coordinator |
- Steen Thomsen - Department of Accounting
(AA)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Corporate governance
- Cultural studies
- Economics
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
20-09-2018
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| Learning objectives |
- Learn how to identify and analyze corporate governance (agency)
problems.
- Learn to analyze how the corporate governance of a particular
company is likely to influence its economic performance.
- Learn to appreciate how the governance, behaviour and
performance of individual companies are shaped by the governance
system, in which they operate.
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| Examination |
|
Corporate
Governance:
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| Exam
ECTS |
3 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
| Assignment type |
Case based assignment |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date
and time. |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary
exam
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| Course content and structure |
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The course covers the theory and mechanisms of corporate
governance and comparative systems of governance. We focus on
agency problems in listed firms, how they can be mitigated by
ownership, boards and other mechanisms, and how alternative
governance models handle their problems.
The aim of this course is to gain an in-depth understanding and
working knowledge of corporate governance. The course will
introduce the students to corporate governance issues and teach
them to analyze how different corporate governance mechanisms –
like ownership and board structure, legal systems and incentives –
contribute to the solution of agency problems and influence
corporate economic performance. Using this framework the course
will then study the impact of corporate governance on corporate
performance depending on company specific factors. The course will
enable students to undertake a corporate governance review of an
individual company including an assessment of how ownership, board
structure, managerial incentives and system characteristics
influence company performance.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| Students will learn through a combination of
pedagogic methods. Lectures combined with in class discussion of
company case studies will be based on assigned readings, i.e. a
textbook and some research papers. The course will consist of
lectures, classroom discussion, a case discussion, and Q&A
sessions with experts from the business community. Students will be
divided into study groups who are asked to give case presentations
and structure dialogue with prominent experts from the business
community. The groups will published on LEARN a week before the
course start |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| The interactive case discussion format allows for
continuous feedback. The students are expected to attend class, be
prepared and participate in the case discussions. |
| Student workload |
| Teaching |
20 hours |
| Preparation |
20 hours |
| Examination |
10 hours |
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Last updated on
20-09-2018
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