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The programme in Organizational Behaviour / Strategic Management will include seminars on the following topics :
Hans van Ees, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Patricia Gabaldon, IE Business School Madrid, Spain
Morten Huse, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
Yuliya Ponomareva, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Alessandro Zattoni, LUISS University Rome, Italy
This seminar targets PhDs students and junior faculty in the fields of strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation, organization behavior, gender/diversity and family firms as well as those using more traditional corporate governance approaches from law, accounting and finance.
In this seminar, we aim to equip students with the skills necessary to conduct research on boards and governance that can make meaningful contributions, not only in the present but also in the years to come. Contributions, change, dynamics, networks and actors are core concepts. The world and the (corporate) governance landscape is undergoing structural changes, including modifications to rules, social norms, and consequences, and we will explore these changes throughout the different sessions. This seminar centers on boards, corporate governance and society and aims to encourage students to reconsider these topics from a multi- and transdisciplinary perspective. The objectives include allowing the students to delve into corporate governance research that is grounded in theories and approaches that prioritize reflection as well as reflexivity. We will introduce, explore and discuss different topics, theories and methods, and we will challenge dominant concepts and wisdom regarding boards and corporate governance and how they are embedded in and around organisations and society. The course will be at the intersection of the micro and macro levels.
The topics that we will cover include board processes, composition and team dynamics, board leadership, interactions and influences inside and outside the boardroom, board-management relationships, trust and power, norms and codes, values and value creation, gender and feminism, board capital, diversity, board members’ identities and compensation, ownership types and board structures, contexts and contingencies. These topics will be discussed in light of the behavioural theory of the firm, team production theory, strategy as practice, CSR, sustainability, enterprise à mission, etc. We will not only examine listed corporations but also family firms, entrepreneurial firms, NGOs, new forms of organizing, etc. We will address the evolution of the corporate governance debate, including insights from recurring (financial) crisis and the era of digital transformation of society. Additionally, we will make comparisons across different countries and systems. ____________ The learning objectives are: • To give the students an understanding of boards, governance and society that may inspire and engage in scholarly, practical and political work in the area.
The seminar will have three main parts:
• The first part will begin with an exploration of challenges from practice and existing knowledge about boards and society, and we will present alternative accumulative sorting logics. Through discussions, we will encourage critical thinking and re-evaluation of existing assumptions.
• The second part of the course will involve in-depth discussions of selected articles that tackle various issues related to boards and corporate governance. This will provide an opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of specific topics and engage in intellectual debates.
• The third part of the course will focus on supporting students in writing their own articles and research proposals. We will challenge and guide students to develop their research questions, methodology, and theoretical frameworks. Through this process, students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they have gained throughout the course and contribute to the ongoing conversation on boards and governance.
Teaching assessment method:
Course evaluation will be done based on two elements:
• Active participation and discussion in class (including group work).
• Proposal presentation and argumentation on feedback implementation.
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PROCESS
Full attendance and a term paper are required to obtain the certificate.
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