Corporate Governance - BMA0096

Assessment 1: Other

Relevant formative assessment both in terms of planned seminar activity involving real life cases and discussions of research papers

Other

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Written assignment

The past decades have witnessed a rapid emergence of good corporate governance as a crucial part of running any successful corporation. The central aim of this module is to provide you with a thorough grounding in a range of advanced topics in corporate governance. In particular, the module seeks to introduce and develop you ability to critically evaluate a wide of range of concepts, principles, theories, models, systems, mechanisms, reforms, regulations and research in corporate governance. The module is delivered with a strong international or comparative emphasis and targeted at postgraduate students in accounting, finance, business and management. The ultimate rationale is to provide you with international view of, and knowledge in, corporate governance theory, research and practice.

Huddersfield Business School

<a href="https://library.hud.ac.uk/readinglists/BMA0096">https://library.hud.ac.uk/readinglists/BMA0096</a>
Mallin, Chris A. (2019) - Corporate governance, Oxford University Press.
Tricker, R. Ian (2015) - Corporate governance: principles, policies, and practices, Oxford University Press.
Goergen M., (2018) Corporate Governance: A Global Perspective, Cengage Learning EMEA.

BMA0096 - Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance

Communicate effectively in writing, explaining and justifying solutions to questions incorporating corporate governance issues.

Demonstrate a conceptual and critical understanding of theories, codes and models of contemporary corporate governance in an international context

Identify, propose and critically discuss what constitutes a good and effective corporate governance practice within an international context.

Identify, interpret and critically analyse cases and events related to managerial incentives and board structures. 

Identify, interpret and critically discuss research and current issues on corporate governance such as socially responsible investment and board diversity. 

Express and justify an individual perspective on key discourses associated with corporate governance.