Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the course the student will be able to

- use the concepts of corporate governance in every day thinking

- capable to analyze the role of good governance in the corporate actions, sustainablity and performance

- analyze the relationship between the company management, board of directors and shareholders

- identify the reasons for the variety in corporate governance practices both within one country and between countries as well as the recent trend of convergence in corporate governance practices

- identify the the role and importance of various institutions of corporate governance and explain the logic how they work and evaluate the quality of corporate governance practices

Credits: 6

Schedule: 23.04.2024 - 05.06.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Seppo Ikäheimo, Bianca Beyer

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The course underlines the major problems of corporate governance with agency and principle problems and stewardship approaches and how institutions of corporate governance are solutions for these problems. The course aligns the theoretical thinking with empirical and practical solutions within the field of corporate governance. The course offers the diversity of solutions and helps to understand the country and company specific practices of corporate governance.

  The major topics cover the big picture of corporate governance and the main institutions of corporate governance including board of directors, investor relations, auditing and internal control, executive compensation, shareholder activism and external corporate governance. After the course you will understand the importance of these institutions, the logic how they work alone and togehter and how they result in corporate actions and sustainable performance.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  1. Weekly exercises that include learning diaries (50% together with 2.)
  2. One comprehensive group work on a pre-specified topic (50% together with 1.)
  3. Final exam (50 %)

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  • Classroom hours, 30 h
  • Class preparation, 67 h
  • Group work, 20 h
  • Term paper preparation, 43 h

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Material distributed by the lecturers.

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language : English

  Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn II
  2023-2024 Spring V

  Enrollment :

  Registration for courses: in Sisu.

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