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MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS LEADERSHIP
MBA PROGRAMME: INTAKE 9
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: MBA829
COURSE OUTLINE
Semester: January – May 2008
Lecturer: Mr. A. Matongo (Telephone: 054223523 email: [email protected] or
[email protected] , Office No. 04, TelOne TC)
PART I: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: BASIC INGREDIENTS
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Origin of Corporate Governance
Meaning of Corporate Governance
Basic Ingredients of Good Corporate Governance
Reasons for recent interest in Corporate Governance
Role of codes of Corporate Governance
PART II: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
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Internal & External Environment
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Management of Public Limited Companies
Majority Rule & Minority Protection and Prevention of Oppression &
Mismanagement
PART III: CORPORATE OBJECTIVES & ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
10. Firm’s Goal or Basic Objective
11. Ownership Pattern & Governance Theory
12. Universal Creative Accounting Practices
13. Accounting Standards and Corporate Governance.
PART IV: COMPANY DIRECTION & CONTROL
14. Company Board & Corporate Management
15. Board Committees and Corporate Governance
16. Whistle-Blowing
17. Corporate Governance Rating (CGR)
18. Separation of Positions of Chairman and CEO
PART V: IMPORTANT CODES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
19. In India
20. In the UK
21. In Germany & Europe
22. In the USA
23. In South Africa & Zimbabwe.
PART VI: SELECTION OF CASE STUDIES IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
24. Parmalat Accounting Scam – Italy
25. AOL Time Warner - USA
26. WorldCom – USA
27. Enron – A Saga of Boom and Bust – USA
28. Royal Dutch Shell – A Case Study of Creative Accounting
29. NMBZ Nostrol Accounting Fraud – Zimbabwe
30. The RBZ and Corporate FCAs
PART VII: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
31. Nature, origin and effects of the global financial crisis (2008 and ongoing)
32. Corporate Governance issues behind the crisis
33. Zimbabwe and the global financial crisis.
PART VIII: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ISSUES IN NON-CORPORATE BODIES
34. Family Businesses;
35. State-owned enterprises and
36. Civil society.
Texts & Other Reading Sources
1. Prescribed Text: . Dr. S. Singh: Corporate Governance: Global Concepts and Practices (Excel
Books, 2005)
Further Reading:
2. Bhatia S. K. ; Business Ethics and Corporate Governance { Deep and Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd.)
3. Bingham , K.: Corporate Governance Handbook (Gee Publishing)
4. Chambers, A.: Tolley’s Corporate Governance Handbook (Tolley’s, 2002)
5. Charkham, J. Keeping Good Compan: A Study of Corporatye Governance in Five Countries.
(OUP, 1995)
6. Coyle, Brian: Corporate Governance 2003-2004
7. Low Chee Keong: Corporate Governance: An Asia-Pacific Critique (Sweet & Maxwell, 2002)
Important websites
8. Business for Social Responsibility: www.bsr.org
9. Council of Institutional Investors: www.cii.org
10. OECD principles of Corporate Governance: www.oecd.org
11. The Corporate Library: www.thecorporatelibrary.com
12. Bank Licensing, Supervision and Surveillance: Guideline No. 01-2004/BSD Corporate
Governance (RBZ website)
And many more.