Module manager: Dr Helen Short
Email: hs@lubs.@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
LUBS2290 Intermediate Financial Accounting OR LUBS2205 Corporate Finance
| LUBS2035 | Finance for Small Business |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- understand the importance of corporate governance in the context of the corporate and economic performance of the UK;
- understand and analyse the role of corporate boards, institutional shareholders and the market for corporate control;
- analyse the UK system of corporate governance in an international context.
- Introduction to corporate governance: definition, importance and examples of corporate governance failures
- Corporate governance and the separation of ownership from control: theory and evidence
- The UK system of corporate governance
- The structure and role of the corporate board
- The role of institutional shareholders
- The role of other stakeholders
- Directors' remuneration
- The market for corporate control
- Comparison with other national systems
- Current developments.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
| Tutorial | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Private study hours | 84 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 21.5 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 105.5 | ||
For each 10 credits of study taken, the expectation is that the normal study time (including attendance at lectures and tutorials, self-study and revision) is 100 hours.
Methods of formative feedback used on the module include outline answers to tutorial questions and opportunities to hand in practice essays.
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100 | |
The resit for this module will be 100% by examination.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 1/25/2018
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