ACCT 5820: Corporate Governance and Top Management
(Cross-listed with MGMT 5820).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Duties, structure, and functioning of top management teams and corporate boards of directors. CEO/board tenure and succession planning, top management compensation, board committee composition, assessment of CEO and board performance, theories of corporate governance, management of the corporate strategic agenda, governance codes, international governance, and chairman/CEO duality. Case studies and contemporary issues discussed.