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Global Corporate Governance

  • MGMT90038
  • Contact Hours: This subject is taught intensively over 36 hours.
    Total Time Commitment: Approximately 2.5 hours of personal study per hour of class time is required to achieve a satisfactory level of performance
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International firms face complex problems of governance and increasing scrutiny. Conflicts between shareholders, workforces, consumers and local communities are heightened by interactions with sovereign governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) having their own legal jurisdictions and international agreements. Reputation Risk has become an important factor in creating a winning strategy within an interdependent global economy that continuously creates legal, social and economic threats and opportunities. Within a corporate strategy framework, this subject begins with the basic concepts of agent theory, the stakeholder theory and corporate governance in an era of 'social... -- Course Website

Prerequisites: Entry to Master of International Business, Master of Human Resource Management, Master of Commerce (Management), Master of Commerce (Marketing), Master of Management and Master of Management (Human Resources). (MC-MGTS, MC-MGMT, MC-MGTHRES, MC-MGMTHRE, MC



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