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Level 6 Diploma in Business Management

Ownership Structures, Governance and Agency Dynamics

BM604 · Financial Decision Making — Week 10 of 16

CourseBM604
Week10 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Ownership Structures, Governance and Agency Dynamics

  1. Corporate governance legal and regulatory frameworks
  2. Sole trader, partnership, and corporate ownership forms
  3. Agency theory and conflicts of interest
  4. Aligning shareholder and managerial objectives
  5. UK Corporate Governance Explained | IoD
  6. Forms of Business Organisation
  7. Conflicts of interest and their resolution - ACCA (AFM) lectures

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Critically analyse the corporate governance, legal and regulatory environments of different business ownership structures.
  • 4.2 Compare and contrast stakeholder interests of owners and managers in decision making.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically analyse the corporate governance, legal and regulatory environments of different business ownership structures.

Study materials

Videos

  • UK Corporate Governance Explained | IoD · YouTube · Institute of Directors (IoD) · 57 min · for registered students
  • Forms of Business Organisation · YouTube · Dr Yannis · 23 min · for registered students
  • Conflicts of interest and their resolution - ACCA (AFM) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 12 min · for registered students
  • Corporate Governance Codes – What can be learned from the UK experience · YouTube · LSE · 15 min · for registered students
  • Who's Minding the Store? Corporate Rules to Align Interests - Raghavendra Rau · YouTube · Gresham College · 61 min · for registered students
  • Session 4: More on corporate governance · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 83 min · for registered students
  • Reforming Corporate Governance - Alex Edmans · YouTube · Gresham College · 51 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 2: Corporate Structure and Governance · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 51–78 · for registered students
  • UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 · PDF · Frc, guidance; 19 pages · for registered students
  • Corporate Governance, ch. 2: Governance and Accountability · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 27–50 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Business Decision Making and Financial Drivers
  • Week 2: Business Risk Assessment in Financial Decisions
  • Week 3: Accounting Foundations and Expenditure Classification
  • Week 4: Structure and Interpretation of Final Accounts
  • Week 5: Financial Performance Metrics and Long-Term Sustainability
  • Week 6: Sources and Selection of Business Finance
  • Week 7: Capital Expenditure Appraisal Techniques
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Off-Balance Sheet Financing and Risk Management
  • Week 10: Ownership Structures, Governance and Agency Dynamics
  • Week 11: Ethics, Governance Controls and Financial Accountability
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Decision Making in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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