In this course you will learn how corporations create, capture, and maintain value, going beyond the management of a single line of business. It is thus a complement to (and should typically follow) a course on Business Strategy, which focuses on developing and sustaining competitive advantage for a single business unit. Here, you will be able to better understand and learn the tools to analyze and manage decisions from a corporate-level perspective, which emphasizes the management of multiple businesses and multiple stakeholders. Examples of such decisions include vertical integration, diversification, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, international expansion, global strategy, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.
Key Features
- Business, Society and Stakeholders
- Corporate Governance and Strategic Management
- Business Ethics and Management
- External Stakeholder Issues
- Internal Stakeholder Issues
Outline
- Corporate Governance
- The Role of the Boards
- Institutional Elements of Governance
- Singapore Code of Corporate Governance
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Contemporary Issues in CSR and Business Ethics
Benefits
- Analyse the corporate governance structures adopted in Singapore, evaluating them against international guidelines and standards
- Recommend a hypothetical client on how to comply with Singapore’s Code of Corporate Governance
- Appraise the role of corporate social responsibility in business
- Evaluate corporate and business ethics issues
- Improve critical and analytical thinking and spoken proficiency
- Prepare a report with developed written proficiency
- Assess the principles of corporate governance and compliance in organisations
