Strategy,Governance & Ethics Syllabus

Chapter 1

Overview of Management 

• importance of management

• Principles of management

• Management as a science,an,art or a profession

• functions and roles of management

• level of management and management skills

Chapter 2

Development of management thoughts

• per-industrial revolution management theories

• classical theories,neo-classiccal

• contemporary theories

Chapter 3

Overview of management functions

• planning

• organizing

• staffing

• directing

• controlling

Chapter 4

Overview of corporate strategy and governance

• meaning of strategy,management and strategy management 

• scope of strategy management

• levels of strategic  management

• Benefits of strategic  management

• Limitations of strategic  management

• strategic  management  process

• meaning and importance of governance

• principle of corporate governance

Chapter 5

Environmental Analysis

• Purpose of environmental Analysis

• Internal  environmental Analysis

• External  environmental Analysis

Chapter 6

Strategy formulation

• Organizational mission and vision

• organizational goals and objectives

•  development of corporate strategy and business strategy

• Strategy options

• Strategy formulations constraints

• Competitive advantage

Chapter 7

Strategy implementation 

•   Organization structure

• Resource allocation

• Organization culture

• role of leadership on strategy implementation

• Innovation and knowledge management

• constraints to strategy implementation

Chapter 8

Strategic monitoring and evaluation 

•  purpose and role of strategic monitoring and evaluation

• purpose of strategic monitoring and evaluation

• role of management information systems

• performance measurement,,balance score card and benchmarking

• features of good strategic monitoring and evaluation system

• review and feedback

• Continuous improvement

Chapter 9

 Management of strategic change

• strategic leadership

• implementing change

• managing organization power and politics

• business excellence models

• learning organization

• lean and quality management

Chapter10

Promoting good corporate governance

• Rights of a shareholder and responsibilities of a shareholder

• The chairman,board of directors and management

• The secretary

• Duties and responsibilities of auditors

• Investor education

• internal and external corporate governance controls

Chapter11

Composition,aappointment and duties of directors

• mix of skills and competencies of directors

• executive and non-executive directors

• qualification,appointment,removal,retirement

• Director's remuneration

• directors training and development

• directors liabilities and insurance indemnity

• frame work fr performance evaluation of the board of directors

• statutory and fiduciary  duties of directors

• directors as agents of shareholders

• matters reserved for the board of directors

• Conflict of interest and disclosure

• code of good board room practice

Chapter12

Enterprise Risk Management 

• The ERM Framework,risk management philosophy,risk appetite,control

• categories of risk

• managing risk,financial and operational;risk management process

• role of the board in ERM

• risk responses:avoidance,acceptance,reduction and sharing

Chapter13

Professional values and ethical principles

• professional judgement

• confidentiality

• ethics definition,theories and principles of ethics

•  ethical norms,morality and values

• code of ethics

• standards of conduct and personal integrity

• ethics in business

• corporate social responsibility

Chapter14

Conflict of interest and inside trading

• conflict of interest and market manipulation

• disclosure of interest

• communication of conflict of interest

• inside trading

• whistle blowing

• conflict of interest register

• dispute resolution mechanism

Chapter15

Case studies in strategy,governance and ethics

Chapter16

Emerging issues and trends