BIK 2940 Management Competence at Board Level
BIK 2940 Management Competence at Board Level
The course shall give knowledge about important issues and theories that has relevance for practicing a directorship in the private or public sector. Vital issues in the course include understanding the connection between the companies various governing impulses (vision and strategies), the organizational system (including juridical and economic issues) and the management competence at board level.
- Enable the students to discuss theoretical perspectives of board work
- Have knowledge of Norwegian laws governing the start up and running of Pl's, Ltd's and companies with unlimited responsibility
- Have knowledge of vital principals of financial control and accounting in a company seen through the eyes of the board
- To be able to develop methods for the cooperation between the manager and the board of directors
- To be able to develop methods to control the company management
- To be able to run a strategic process
- Have a clear understanding of the role of a board member
- Have a clear understanding of the board of directors responsiblity for and obligations towards the company's various stakeholders
- Perspective on the board - the function of the board - board management and the board's work
- The role of the Board seen from the side of the share holders, the company and the society
- Various roles played in the boardroom, formal structures and informal work
- The roles of the owners, the Board and the Management. Role conflicts
- The competance required for Board members and the boards typologies
- The Boards various functions in Plcs, Ltds and Foundations
- Laws and regulations of importance for the work in the boardroom and the individual board members responsibility and legal position with primary focus on Lov om Aksjeselskaper av 1997 (Plcs and Ltds)
- Recruitment of board members and of CEOs
- The Boards responsibility to develop overall management tools through focus on strategy - value creation and risk management.
- The Boards responsibility in connection with accounting and finances. Basic theories from finance and accounting
The course has 36 lecturing hours, may be module based, for instance over 5 - 6 days in one semester; or four lecturing hours per week over a semester.
Between the modules the students will be challenged to work with spesific questions related to their own or other company cases in their project. The goal is to create progress in in the learning process, and to evaluate the theoies witch has been teached.
Higher Education Entrance Qualification
None
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 100 Grouping: Group/Individual (1 - 3) Duration: 1 Semester(s) Comment: Term paper, which may be solved in groups of maximum 3 persons Exam code: BIK 29401 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
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Teaching | 36 Hour(s) | Participation in the lectures |
Student's own work with learning resources | 15 Hour(s) | Individual work/group work |
Group work / Assignments | 15 Hour(s) | Written tasks |
Prepare for teaching | 62 Hour(s) | Preparation for lectures |
Examination | 72 Hour(s) | Term paper |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.