Master Corporate Governance - Máster en Gobierno Corporativo

Delivered in Guernsey by Bournemouth University, this exciting course will provide you with a highly specialised set of skills and develop your ability to appreciate and influence the factors governing corporate affairs.

We developed the programme in close collaboration with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), and one of the attractions of the course is that it produces a manager who has competence in all areas of business. Overall the course offers:

An academically rigorous and highly practical qualification (MSc)
Development of professional and managerial abilities
Qualification with graduate status of ICSA (GradICSA).
It is essentially a mixture of finance, law and governance focusing on the role of corporate administration. In this context, ‘corporate’ is used in its wider sense and therefore includes private, public and not-for-profit organisations.

Only applicable for GTA University Centre students (Channels Islands).

A Bachelors Honours degree, 2:2 or above, or equivalent.

If you lack the formal academic qualifications needed to enter a postgraduate or post-experience degree, there are several alternative routes to follow - some based on experience.

Core units:
Corporate Reporting & Financial Management: Learn the main principles involved in the production of financial statements and the techniques for the analysis and critical appraisal of corporate financial reporting; and understand the importance of the corporate finance function and frameworks in an internationally diverse corporation within a complex, dynamic and inherently uncertain external environment.
Company Law & Compliance: Learn the theoretical basis of corporate law, gain an understanding of contemporary corporate law, the role of company secretary in the effective administration of organisations, and evaluate key issues from theoretical and practical perspectives.
Strategic Management: Apply the concepts of corporate and business strategy by integrating theoretical and practical knowledge, and explore the managerial and organisational competencies required for companies to operate in global markets.
Corporate Governance & Ethics: Understand the objectives, principles and methods of Corporate Governance practice within different economic environments, explore a range of frameworks to analyse complex ethical problems, and appreciate how corporate governance and ethics can aid managerial decision making.
Enterprise Risk Management: Understand the different theoretical and practical aspects of identifying and managing risks, including how risk management links to compliance management and complements effective corporate governance in organisations, dependencies and complexities of several types of risks, and the need to establish a single framework, i.e. an Enterprise Risk Management system, within the organisation.
Boardroom Dynamics: Understand the importance of boardroom dynamics for organisations, and the impact on decision-making process, culture, diversity and other factors; and recognise the role of the company secretary/governance professional in supporting and influencing boardroom performance.
Research Project: This unit will provide you with an opportunity to undertake a significant piece of self-managed research in an area of particular interest, relevant to the course. You will be supported through an academic supervisor, who will be there to provide guidance and feedback/feedforward. You will also receive support through a series of research methods workshops.

The majority of career opportunities will lie within the company secretarial and finance functions, but the programme will also be invaluable to any aspiring senior manager or for those running their own company.