Unit name | Corporate governance and accountability |
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Unit code | EFIMM0130 |
Credit points | 15 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Chen |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Accounting and Finance - Business School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This module aims to provide students with a thorough grounding in a number of key advanced topics of corporate governance theory, research and practice (adopting a stakeholder approach and including associated accountability, reporting, and regulation problems), to develop their familiarity with and powers to criticise the academic literature; and to develop their ability to integrate and synthesize between topics in order to enter usefully into current debates and to suggest potentially fruitful avenues for development.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions including lectures, tutorials, drop-in sessions, discussion boards and other online learning opportunities
This unit will be assessed by 100% coursework
Core readings:
Mallin, C. 2018. Corporate Governance, 6th Edition, Oxford University Press
Solomon, J. 2014. Corporate Governance and Accountability, 4th Edition, Wiley.
Additional reading:
Students will also be directed to reading academic journal articles.