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Module number (link to module description) Module title Module coordinator ECTS credits for module
Corporate Governance
Sandner, Kai
5



Course no.: Exam no.:
82-021-BE03-S-VL-0318.20191.001
Course title: Exam title:
Corporate Governance
Kategorie:
Lecture/practice seminar
Language of lesson:
Deutsch u. jeweilige Fremdsprache
Date:
4/24/2019 - 7/17/2019
Organizer:
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Lecturer: Examiner:
Sandner, Kai
Exam type:
end-of-semester examination
Exam mode:
Klausur
Max. number of participants:
0 unlimited
Type of studies:
Bachelor of Arts
Learning objectives:
Understanding of corporate governance and knowledge of relevant theories
Awareness of the significance of the different paradigms in stakeholder and shareholder theories for corporate governance
Overview of rules and regulations in corporate governance
Relation of corporate governance and management control
Knowledge on different actors‘ opportunities to get involved and exert influence
Ability to relate issues/topics in corporate governance to contents of adjacent areas such as management, management accounting, and business ethics
Be aware of system alternatives in corporate governance with their effects
Goal: Overview of the subject and the skill to relate knowledge on corporate governance to the adjacent disciplines of management control and business ethics
Content/topics:
Fundamentals: Introduction and theories, Rules and regulations, Introducing stakeholders and shareholders
Boards of directors: Leading and supervising companies: Board structures, Directors’ pay and fairness, Performance measures
Shareholders and their activism: Shareholder power and institutional investors, CSR and socially responsible investment, Family firms
Corporate governance in selected countries
Recommended prerequisites:
No prerequisites required. Basics from earlier modules can help.
E-learning offer (URL):
https://elearn.ku.de/goto.php?target=crs_498247&client_id=elearnKU
Literature:
Literature will be announced during the lecture if necessary. Basic reading:
Mallin, Christine A.: Corporate governance, 2016. Oxford University Press, 5. edition.
Tricker, Robert I.: Corporate governance: principles, policies, and practices, 2015. Oxford University Press, 3. edition.
Teaching and learning formats/course types:
Lecture / Tutorial
Registration from… to:
3/12/2019 -
Last possible date of deregistration:
Status:
Closed
Comments:
Room:
Scheduled event/examination dates 
Date / Time Room Lecturer Comment
Wed 24.04.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM HB-106 Sandner, Kai
Wed 08.05.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM HB-106 Sandner, Kai
Wed 15.05.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM NB-207 Sandner, Kai
Wed 22.05.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM HB-106 Sandner, Kai
Wed 29.05.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM HB-106 Sandner, Kai
Wed 05.06.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM HB-106 Sandner, Kai
Wed 12.06.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM HB-106 Sandner, Kai
Wed 19.06.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM HB-106 Sandner, Kai
Wed 26.06.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM HB-106 Sandner, Kai
Wed 03.07.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM HB-106 Sandner, Kai
Wed 10.07.2019 14:15 - 5:45 PM HB-106 Sandner, Kai