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040420 KU Special Topics: Corporate Governance (MA) (2024W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Summary

1 Inwinkl , Moodle
2 Inwinkl , Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
Registration information is available for each group.

Groups

Group 1

Die Anmeldung erfolgt mittels Punktevergabe (beschränkte Teilnehmerzahl). Es besteht Anwesenheitspflicht.

max. 50 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 01.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 08.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 08.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Tuesday 08.10. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 09.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 17.10. 13:15 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 22.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 24.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 08.11. 14:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 21.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 21.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 21.11. 18:30 - 19:00 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 22.11. 08:30 - 12:30 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Friday 29.11. 16:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students are expected to attend all lectures and group presentations. If you are missing the first unit, you will be automatically deregistered from the course.

Grades will rely on the following scale:
• 1 ≥ 88%
• 2 ≥ 75,5%
• 3 ≥ 63%
• 4 ≥ 50%
• < 49,5%: 5 (fail)
o Late submission not in time = 1 grade lower
o Plagarism = fail

Students achieving less than 50% of the points will fail the course and must repeat the course (they must register the usual way the next time the course is offered).

Group 2

Die Anmeldung erfolgt mittels Punktevergabe (beschränkte Teilnehmerzahl). Es besteht Anwesenheitspflicht.

max. 50 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 03.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 10.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 11.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 11.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 8 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 14.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 18.10. 13:15 - 20:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 24.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 25.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 25.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 07.11. 11:30 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Friday 15.11. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Saturday 16.11. 11:00 - 15:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 29.11. 17:45 - 18:45 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students are expected to attend all lectures and group presentations. If you are missing the first unit, you will be automatically deregistered from the course.

Grades will rely on the following scale:
• 1 ≥ 88%
• 2 ≥ 75,5%
• 3 ≥ 63%
• 4 ≥ 50%
• < 49,5%: 5 (fail)
o Late submission not in time = 1 grade lower
o Plagarism = fail

Students achieving less than 50% of the points will fail the course and must repeat the course (they must register the usual way the next time the course is offered).

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The objectives of this course are to describe the background of corporate governance principles; to illustrate the relationship between legislation and “soft” law (codes) in corporate governance; to examine the existing mechanisms in different EU Member States; to obtain an impression of the companies’ perception of the codes. The contents are structured as follows:
I. Theoretical Aspects and Developments
• Theoretical aspects of corporate governance;
• Development of corporate governance codes;
• General background in the European Union;
• Relation between legislation and codes: rules applying to companies;
• Relationship between legislation and codes: rules applying to Shareholders;
II. Analysis of Company Practice within the EU
• Comply-or-explain information;
• Country-specific-observations;
• Board of Directors (Supervisory Boards);
• Audit Committees;
• Board Committees
• Remuneration Schemes.
• Shareholder Activism
Type of instruction
Lectures and group discussions; case analysis; workshops.

Assessment and permitted materials

The examination consists of an exam in the form of quizzes (E), two seminars with oral presentations and discussions of the given presentations (S1 and S2), one group workshop, and individual participation (W)

o Late submission not in time = 1 grade lower
o Plagarism = fail
o Scheme: until 49,5 % fail (grade 5); 50,0%-62,5% passed (grade 4); 63,0%-75,0% passed (grade 3), 75,5%-87,5% good (grade 2), 88,0%-100% excellent (grade 1).

The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the production of texts is only permitted if they are expressly requested by the course leader (e.g. for individual work tasks).

Examination topics

a) exam (quizzes): the relevant parts of academic articles during class discussed as well as specific chapters of the coursebook
b) Seminars: academic articles and company case studies
c) Group workshop and individual participation: company case studies and academic articles

Reading list

Mallin, C, Corporate Governance, Oxford University Press (latest edition)
Selected academic articles
Recommended
Clarke, T. (Ed.) (2004), Theories of corporate governance: the philosophical foundations of
corporate governance. New York, Routledge.

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Last modified: We 21.08.2024 15:45