《Corporate Governance》Syllabus

Course Number:           2104608090 

Course Name:               Corporate Governance

Instructors:                    Zhang Xurui

Required Text:       Ma Lianfu et al. Corporate Governance [M]. Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2017

Course Description:      Corporate Governance is a compulsory course for marketing students. Through the study of this course, students can understand the origin and development process of corporate governance, the basic theories and principles of corporate governance, the composition of corporate governance structure, the organizational principles, functions and powers of the shareholders' meeting, the board of directors and the board of supervisors, the membership conditions and the operation process. Master the design method of the company's equity structure, the operation and voting mechanism of the shareholders' meeting, the board of directors and the board of supervisors, understand the importance of the incentive and restraint mechanism of the company's senior managers, and master the design principles and common methods of the incentive and restraint mechanism of senior managers. Understand the role of corporate information disclosure, master the content, channels and ways of information disclosure, and learn how to evaluate corporate governance according to corporate information disclosure.

Credit/Teaching Hours

Outline of UG CPC Topics Covered in this Course:   (2.5Credits/40Teaching Hours)

I The Power of the Company       2 Teaching hours

-Evolution of enterprise system

-The basic characteristics and types of corporate enterprises

II. Fundamentals of Corporate Governance        2 Teaching hours

-The origin of corporate governance

-Definition of corporate governance

-The significance and characteristics of good corporate governance

III Corporate Ownership Structure Design                  6 teaching hours

-Rights and Obligations of shareholders

-Equity structure design mode

-Operation and voting mechanism design of shareholders' meeting

-Investor relations management strategy

IV Design of board operation mechanism                6 teaching hours

-Election, appointment and removal of the Board of Directors

-Scale and composition of the Board of Directors

-Organization design of the Board of directors

-Operation and evaluation of board meeting

V.Design of supervisory mechanism of the Board of Supervisors       6 teaching hours

-Composition of the Board of Supervisors

-The mode and functions of the Board of Supervisors

-Operation mechanism of the Board of Supervisors

VI Senior Management Incentive Mechanism Design       6 teaching hours

-Selection mechanism of senior managers

-Senior managers incentive and restraint mechanism

VII Corporate Governance Model Selection       4 Teaching hours

-The Anglo-American corporate governance model of shareholder supremacy

-The German-Japanese corporate governance model of stakeholder supremacy

-The governance model of family company with blood relationship above all

VIII Information Disclosure Governance        4 Teaching hours

-Information disclosure and corporate governance

-Principles and contents of information disclosure

-The way of information disclosure

IX Corporate Governance Evaluation                4 teaching hours

-Needs evaluation of corporate governance

-Equity structure and behavior evaluation of controlling shareholders

-Evaluation of the governance of the Board of directors, the Board of Supervisors and the management

-Information disclosure and investor relations evaluation

Total (Teaching Hours)                                                                                40  

Summary of UG CPC Topics Covered in this Course:                   (40Teaching Hour)