5 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Cerrada Cristia Karine; Lambrecht Philippe;
Language
English
Main themes
The main themes adressed are :
- The different corporate governance frameworks and mechanisms
- the distinctive feautures of the European governance systems in comparison with other systems
- Europe's practices, codes and models of corporate governance
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
1 | During their programme, students of the LSM Master¿s in management or Master¿s in Business engineering will have developed the following capabilities¿ CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
WORK EFFECTIVELY IN AN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP
COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
- Corporate governance: definition and models -
- Corporate governance definition -
- Agency theory versus stakeholder theory -
- External and internal factors influencing Corporate Governance -
- Anglo-Saxon model and European continental model of Corporate Governance
III. One tier board and two tier board systems -
- One tier board
- Two tier board
- Presentation of the situation in various jurisdiction
- Shareholders vs investors
- Various types of shareholders
- Shareholder’s activism -
- Voting practices of institutional investors
- Communication and Corporate Governance -
- Internal control and Corporate Governance -
- Auditing and Corporate Governance
VII. Ethics, governance and the law – Prevention and prohibition of market abuse
Teaching methods
In-class activities -
- Lectures
- Readings to prepare the lecture -
- Paper work -
- Students presentation
Evaluation methods
Continuous evaluation (30%)
- Type of evaluation: Group work presentation during the semester
- Written test during the semester
- Oral in January
Other information
Internationalisation
- international content
- international case study
- case study
- corporate guest
Online resources
http://moodleuclouvain.be/claroline/course/index.php?cid=LSMS2018
Bibliography
Provided during the class
Faculty or entity
CLSM