Objectives and competences
1. understand credibility of an enterprise and the importance of the credible enterprise for achieving the required effectiveness;
2. enhance student’s ability for establishing an enterprise as a credible partner to all (internal and external) stakeholders.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Dimensions of sustainable development, sustainability values and their impact on corporate governance (with a focus on economic, social and environmental sustainability)
2. Development of sustainable values and culture in enterprises
3. Dimensions of sustainable corporate governance
3.1 Process dimension (creation of a sustainable vision, mission, objectives and fundamental objectives; sustainable interest coordination processes)
3.2 Institutional dimension (establishment of sustainable management institutions, necessary competences)
3.3 Instrumental dimension (methods and tools for creating a sustainable vision, mission, strategy and fundamental objectives)
4. Corporate governance in the context of new sustainable reporting requirements (increased emphasis on non-financial reporting)
Learning and teaching methods
- lectures
- case studies
active individual and group work
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Cognitive/Intellectual skills:
• With critical awareness can undertake analysis of complex, incomplete or contradictory areas of knowledge communicating the outcome effectively to the topic of culture, ethics and enterprise credibility..
• With critical awareness, can synthesise information in a manner that may be innovative, utilising knowledge from the forefront of the discipline / practice of credibility, ethics and enterprise culture.
• Has a level of conceptual understanding of corporate governance and strategic management that will allow her/him critically to evaluate research, advanced scholarship and methodologies and argue alternative approaches
• Can demonstrate initiative and originality in problem solving. Can act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional or equivalent level, making decisions in complex and unpredictable situations.
Key/Transferable skills
• Can competently undertake research tasks with minimum guidance.
• Is an independent and self critical learner
• Has independent learning ability required for continuing professional study, making professional use of others where appropriate.
• capacity for applying knowledge in practice
• research skills
• capacity for generating new ideas
• capacity to adapt to new situations
• ability to work in an interdisciplinary team
• decision-making
• ethical commitment
Practical skills:
• Can operate in complex and unpredictable and/or specialised contexts, and has an overview of the issues governing good practice in a context of organizational culture, ethics and enterprise credibility
• Is able to exercise initiative and personal responsibility in professional practice
• Has technical expertise, performs smoothly with precision and effectiveness; can adapt skills and design or develop new skills and/or procedures for new situations
Readings
• Belak, Jernej, Thommen Jean-Paul, Belak Janko (2014): Integralni management in upravljanje: kultura, etika in verodostojnost podjetja. Založba MER, Maribor.Belak, J.: Business Ethics Impementation at Different Stages of the Enterprise Life Cycle. Založba MER, Maribor, 2009.
• Thommen, J. – P.: Glaubwürdigkeit und Corporate Governance, 2. vollständig überarbeitete Auflage. Zürich: Versus Verlag, 2003.
