Corporate Governance

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the role of corporate governance in firms where there is separation of ownership from control;
• the importance of corporate governance in sustaining competitive advantage;
• how to think about governance through the identification and analysis of the firm’s business model.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• use models to explore the structure of business decision making and its relationship to corporate governance.
• compare Anglo-Saxon systems of corporate governance systems with those of Japan, Germany and Emerging Financial Markets;
• assess the role of capital markets in aligning the interests of managers with those of owners;
• understand the relationship between strategy and the role of board structures in corporate governance;
• evaluate how executive compensation arrangements are used to align the interests of managers with those of owners;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• build on interpersonal skills.
• develop presentation skills;
• apply analytical and critical thinking;

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

In-class activities

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Feedback is provided to you based on your student contributions during seminar discussions and individually upon request.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.