Corporate Governance and Risk Management
Course Outline
Corporate Governance and Risk Management
Course Description
The course deals with the complex set of relationships between the corporation and its board of directors, management, shareholders, and other stakeholders. The course raises awareness and understanding of the rationale and requirements of good corporate governance. It encourages the use of tools to assess corporate governance practice and aim for global competitive advantage by enhancing and developing the hard and soft aspects supportive of good corporate governance. The course also enables the firm to assess exposure to risk and understand the risk management process of identification, measurement, monitoring, and oversight of risk.
Learning Outcomes
- Adopt the appropriate mechanism for effective governance
- Value the shareholder and stakeholder rights and responsibilities
- Adhere to sound principles of direction and management
- Understand the significance of audit committee, its composition and responsibilities
- Implement best practices on corporate governance and risk management
Teaching Methods
The course will utilize lectures with presentations and interactive class discussion. Trainees will also be encouraged to brainstorm ideas during seat works/activities.
Course outline
- Introduction
- Reputation, Competition and Corporate Governance
- The Role of Public Disclosure
- Supervisors and Transparency
- Board qualifications and practices
- Corporate Governance: Investors point of view
- Risk Management
- Taxonomy of Risk