LUBS3880 Corporate Governance
10 Credits Class Size: 90
Module manager: Dr Helen Short
Email: hs@lubs.@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running
2019/20
Pre-requisite qualifications
LUBS1915 Introduction to Financial Accounting
OR
LUBS1235 Introductory Financial Accounting
OR
LUBS1225 Accounting for Managers
Mutually Exclusive
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
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.
Syllabus
- 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.
Teaching Methods
| Delivery type |
Number |
Length hours |
Student hours |
| Lecture |
11 |
1.5 |
16.5 |
| Tutorial |
5 |
1 |
5 |
| Private study hours |
78.5 |
| Total Contact hours |
21.5 |
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) |
100 |
Private study
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.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Methods of formative feedback used on the module include outline answers to tutorial questions and opportunities to hand in practice essays.
Exams
| 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 2 hour examination.
Reading List
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 12/12/2018
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