WIW35030 – Corporate Governance

Module

Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance

Module number

WIW35030
Version: 1

Faculty

Business Administration

Level

Master

Duration

1 Semester

Semester

Summer and Winter semester

Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. Christian-Andreas Schumann
Christian.Schumann(at)fh-zwickau.de

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer of the Kazakh-American Free University (KAFU)

Course language(s)

English
in "Corporate Governance"

ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

5.00 SCH (1.00 SCH Vorlesung | 1.00 SCH Seminar | 1.00 SCH Internship | 2.00 SCH Lecture with integrated exercise / seminar-lecture)

Self-study time

75.00 hours

Pre-examination(s)

Participation
in "Corporate Governance"

Arbeitsbögen
in "Corporate Governance"

Examination(s)

schriftliche Prüfungsleistung
Module examination | Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 100% | wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
in "Corporate Governance"

Media type

No information

Instruction content/structure

1. Introduction to Corporate Governance

2. CG Theories

3. Role of Boards in Corporate Governance

4. Role of investors in CG

5. Role of transparency in CG

6. Corporate Governance Systems Worldwide: The USA

7. Corporate Governance Systems Worldwide: The EU

8. Corporate Governance in Transition Economies

9. Corporate Governance in MENA Countries

10. Corporate accountability

11. Socially responsible investment

Qualification objectives

The students study within this subject the concept of Corporate Governance, its major elements and functions, theories associated with Corporate Governance and prospects of its development.

Corporate governance deals with the complex set of relationships between the corporation and its board of directors, management, shareholders, and other stakeholders. In the recent years, the regulators and legislators have intensified their focus on how businesses are being run. They are endeavoring to create a template for new corporate governance and disclosure measures, which is beneficial for both the stakeholders and controllers.

The goal of the course is:

to make clear the principles of corporate governance (CG)
to provide tools for analysis of a company's corporate governance system
to develop the skills in analysis of CG relationship with companies' performance

Special admission requirements

keine

Recommended prerequisites

Basic knowledge of management and organizational behavior

Continuation options

No information

Literature

Naciri, A. Corporate Governance Around the World. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. London & New York, 2008
Solomon J., Solomon A. Corporate governance and accountability. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2004
Adams, R. B., Hermalin, B. E., & Weisbach, M. S. (2010). The Role of Boards of Directors in Corporate Governance: A Conceptual Framework and Survey. Journal of Economic Literature, 48(1), 58–107.
The Role of Institutional Investors in Promoting Good Corporate Governance | READ online. (n.d.). Oecd-Ilibrary.Org. Retrieved May 25, 2022, from https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/the-role-of-institutional-investors-in-promoting-good-corporate-governance_9789264128750-en
Russian Code of Corporate Governance (2014). (2017, January 27). ECGI. https://ecgi.global/code/russian-code-corporate-governance-2014
Lee, K. J. (2020). The Effects of Privatization and Corporate Governance of SOEs in Transition Economy: The Case of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan; Issue 1127). Asian Development Bank. https://www.adb.org/publications/privatization-corporate-governance-soes-transition-economy-kazakhstan

Notes

This subject will be studied at KAFU, Öskemen, Kazakhstan as an elective one in the 2nd or 3rd semester.

Lecturer – Prof. Yulia Novitskaya

Prerequisite(s) for examination admission:

At least 75% of attendance and class participation
At least 50% grade for submitted assignments

Assignment to curriculum

No information

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