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Unit Summary
Unit type
PG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Unit aim
The unit introduces students to corporate governance practices, regulations and guidelines. The abuses and excesses in global financial markets and the exponential growth of institutional investors have transformed the roles of shareholders, managers, and directors of publicly held companies. This unit critically analyses how modern corporate governance has evolved, the trends and changes taking place and the likely impact of those changes. Students develop skills in solving advanced and emerging corporate governance problems and communicating this information in organisations.
Unit content
Topic 1 The evolution of modern corporate governance
Topic 2 Company structure, the roles and responsibilities of directors and the board
Topic 3 Shareholders, stakeholders and ownership structures
Topic 4 Acting unethically: The anatomy of failure - Enron and HIH
Topic 5 Board knowledge and the importance of codes of ethics
Topic 6 A framework for board activities, board and committee structures
Topic 7 Board styles, board review and appraisal, and board development
Topic 8 Strategy formulation, policy making and measuring management performance
Topic 9 Corporate governance in the global business environment
Topic 10 Corporate governance in SME and Start-up Companies
Topic 11 Corporate governance in diverse organisational settings
Topic 12 Corporate social responsibility and global corporate behaviour
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | Integrate advanced theoretical corporate governance knowledge across a range of business disciplines drawing examples from internationally significant business cases | |||||||
2 | Critically apply advanced theoretical and technical corporate governance knowledge and skills to solve emerging and or advanced corporate governance problems | |||||||
3 | Demonstrate the capacity to exercise judgement under minimal supervision to solve emerging and or advanced corporate governance problems in complex contexts using social, ethical, economic, regulatory and global perspectives | |||||||
4 | Justify and communicate corporate governance advice, guidance and ideas in complex collaborative contexts involving both professionals and non-professionals in the corporate governance field |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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Integrate advanced theoretical corporate governance knowledge across a range of business disciplines drawing examples from internationally significant business cases
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- GA7:
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Critically apply advanced theoretical and technical corporate governance knowledge and skills to solve emerging and or advanced corporate governance problems
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- GA3:
- GA7:
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Demonstrate the capacity to exercise judgement under minimal supervision to solve emerging and or advanced corporate governance problems in complex contexts using social, ethical, economic, regulatory and global perspectives
- GA1:
- GA3:
- GA7:
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Justify and communicate corporate governance advice, guidance and ideas in complex collaborative contexts involving both professionals and non-professionals in the corporate governance field
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- GA3:
- GA7:
Prescribed texts
- New Edition: Solomon, J, 2013, Corporate Governance and Accountability, 4th edn, Wiley, Australia. ISBN: 978-1-118-44910-3.