The MBA in Corporate Governance and Leadership is designed to provide in-depth knowledge and understanding of the various aspect of a corporate Structure within the organizational context. The course takes the learner on a journey of Structure at the top levels, the laws that will shape that structure, Ethical considerations involved in decision making at the top, a sense of corporate responsibilities toward the environment and society, The structure and processes through which the financial information within an organization is generated, accumulated and distributed and the leadership qualities that are necessary for a best of good governance to be carried out in any organization in an ethical, law-abiding and profiting way possible.
MBA in Corporate Governance and Leadership
Overview
Course Modules
Applied Corporate And Business Law
Module Aim
The Aim of studying different laws governing the structure of corporate governance is to enable the learner to know the rights of each player. The ideal corporate structure with the command and control system to avoid misinformation, abuse of power, and that proper action could be taken on time. This module takes the learner through rules and regulations passed by different Governments around the world and the OECD best practices in corporate affairs.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the learner will be able to know about:
- What is corporate law, what is a legal corporation, and legal structure of a corporation
- What are the legal forms of corporations,
- What is company memorandum & the Articles of Association
- The main components of the UK Companies Act 2006, Summary of Changes of each section
- Key Points for small businesses from the UK Companies Act 2006.
- What are the main provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 and the compliance checklist of the Act?
Corporate Management And Control
Module Aim
To enable learners to understand how the corporate structure plays a role in giving the organization the right direction and steer in that direction. Put in place create roles, tighten process and divide responsibilities so that to have a sound control system that will prevent the organization from deviating from its chosen direction. The course also gives a detailed overview of the players, roles, and responsibilities in the corporate structure. Explains how an organization is managed and controlled through the roles of the board of governance, CEO, COO, CFO, and corporate committees. Lastly, the module aims to enable the learners to know the risks involved and the methods to mitigate those risks in corporate governance.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the learner will be able to know about:
- What is Corporate Governance?
- What are the Corporate Governance Functions?
- Theories of Corporate Governance
- Models of Corporate Governance
- A model Corporate Governance Structure
- Components of Corporate Governance and key roles
- Corporate Control
- Internal & External Control
- Financial statements as an internal control
- Preventive Vs Detective control
- What is corporate risk management?
- Internal and external risk management
- Types of risks
- Risk management practices in listed companies
- Enterprise risk management
- Risk management techniques to identify, analyze and prevent risk.
Corporate Social Responsibility And Governance
Module Aim
The aim of this module is to equip the learner with a broader sense of ethical considerations in corporate affairs. Learner will be able to understand ethics in business and the ethical responsibilities of employee, employer and the top leadership. The impact, corporate social responsibility has on general environment and society. The module offer key ethical principles in order to enable the leadership to benchmark itself against it. The module presents key concepts in social responsibility such as philanthropy. It also shed light on ethical consumerism, social accounting, and cultural influences on CSR.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the learner will be able to know about:
- Overview of ethical theories, ethical leadership, employer and employee ethics & benefits of ethics
- Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria for Work and Ethical Issues
- 12 Ethical Principles for Business Executives for successful best ethical practices
- Corporate Social Responsibility, Features and benefits of CSR
- CSR in Action – Starbucks case study
- Philanthropy, Corporate Social Initiatives, Social Accounting, Ethical Consumerism
- Business ethics and cultural Shift in ethical standards
- Influence of geography and religion.
- Employment at will (EAW) and holding on to ethics in downsizing
- Global Ethical Applications in regards to discrimination and diversity
Corporate Stewardship
Module Aim
This module aims to introduce the concept of stewardship into the role of a leader. The module analyzes leadership roles and responsibilities and offers solutions to today’s business environment trying to solve the ethical crises found in today’s organizations’ operations. The module gives key concepts to enable any leader to consider himself as the custodian of corporate affairs and to act in the best possible way without the need of much outside control rather a much more deep inner compulsion of doing good and delivering the best. The module presents the ICGN principles for good governance that organizations around the world can apply to produce more stewards to lead it.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the learner will be able to know about:
- What is a stewardship role and how it affects the corporate function
- The goal of stewardship governance in delivering services.
- The ecosystem of stewardship – The manager and key players around him
- The Changing Landscape of Corporate Responsibility and emergence of stewardship
- Values-Driven Leadership
- Value Creation and Sources of Stewardship Values
- Key explanation of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)’s Global Stewardship Principles and Guidelines
Financial Reporting And Analysis
Module Aim
The module aims to provide an overall idea of different financial instruments. Enable the learner to create and interpret financial instruments to analyze the company’s health. The module aims to offer basic concept building of learner in financial techniques and tricks that play an important role in company evaluation and help in finding loopholes in the system that could lead to potential misinformation.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the learner will be able to:
- Know different financial reporting formats with pros and cons
- Create and analyze an income statement, balance sheet, and other financial statements
- Comprehend the theory and practices of corporate financial reporting
- Use financial reporting theory and practices to analyze the performance of a company
- Design appropriate business policies and strategies to meet stakeholder and shareholder needs in the light of the recent changes in Financial Reporting
- Identify and evaluate financial statements
- Explain the reasoning behind the rules underpinning corporate financial reporting and the history of their development
- Introduction & Guidelines
- This module provides the most critical information about the study course and assignment submission.
Strategic Leadership
Module Aim
The aim of the module is to give the learner a broader idea of leadership theory and practices. The module aims to explain the role of a leader, its influence on people so that the learner is aware of the impact leadership has on people and organizational productivity. It also aims to enhance learners’ knowledge of the strategic aspect of leadership thinking through the process of a successful strategy and execution. Team management and delivery and building on the organization’s vision.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the learner will be able to:
- Explain the meaning and importance of leadership.
- Evaluate the role of leadership in strategic management.
- The relationships between leaders of workgroups, and leaders of the organization.
- The influence of leadership on groups and teams.
- Evaluate the characteristics of an effective workgroup and team.
- Role of leadership in the strategic management process
- The relevance of internal and external environment
- Importance of a vision and mission statement
- Relationship between corporate objectives and strategies
- Importance of strategy evaluation
- 5-step process to crisis risk assessment
- 3 phases of the change process
- People and task-oriented techniques for overcoming resistance to change
- Explore the exercise of leadership power and influence.
- Review the importance of ethics, values and corporate social responsibilities to an organization’s value.
- Evaluate leadership and sustainability concepts and trends.
Application Fee:
$30 USD
Tuition Fee:
$1,500 USD
Program Duration
12 Months