COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DBA 6214 RESEARCH IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI FATIH DALKILIÇ

Offered to

Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

This course will focus on theories of corporate governance. The course will cover corporate governance practices under different market conditions around the world. Parts of corporate governance mechanism; boards of directors, the ownership structure, role of CEO and management, control mechanisms will be discussed and the impact of each on firm performance and value of the firm will be discussed. Ethical issues, governance for sustainable business and related policy issues will be part of the discussions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand and contrast different theories related to corporate governance.
2   Analyze current academic research on different corporate governance mechanisms.
3   Analyze ethical issues related to corporate governance in the context of sustainable business.
4   Develop research proposals in corporate governance area.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Corporate Gov. Theories
3 Corporate Gov. in international context
4 Research on Shareholders
5 Shareholder Activism
6 Research on Board of Directors
7 Research on Board of Directors
8 CEO Duality and Management
9 CEO Duality and Management
10 Compensation
11 Control- Audit committee
12 Research on interantional corporate governance
13 Discussion and presentation of research proposals
14 Discussion and presentation of research proposal

Recomended or Required Reading

Corporate Governance by Monks, Robert A.G. and Nell Minow New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2011, 5th edition. ISBN 978-0-470-97259-5
Journal articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, article discussions, presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.40 + PRS * 0.10 + ASG * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1.To be able to read and interpret the current literature in corporate governance field.
2. To be able to identify different corporate governance mechanisms.
3. To be able to critically discuss relationships among governance mechanisms in different market settings.
4. To be able to prepare and present a research proposal.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
2. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
3. All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

banu.durukan@deu.edu.tr; cagnur.kaytmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparing assignments 10 3 30
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Project Preparation 1 30 30
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.35555
LO.45555