Master's Degree in Corporate Governance and Risk Management

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Degree: Master of Business Administration
Concentration: Corporate Governance and Risk Management
Hours: 36

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Corporate Governance and Risk Management Overview

�鶹AV offers a MBA Degree with a concentration in Management on campus or online. This degree program provides core business skills while training you in the FranklinCovey® principles of leadership. You will learn how to build your company's success through better teamwork by maximizing the contributions of each employee. This program is offered on-campus or online and provides core business skills as well as intensive training in proven processes and practices that develop a collaborative leadership style.

As a graduate of this program, you will become a leader who can increase productivity and deliver superior results within each level of your organization, with a skillset that includes staff management, personnel planning, employee incentives and professional development, negotiations and conflict resolution. Watch the faculty interview to learn more about �鶹AV's MBA program.

Corporate Governance and Risk Management Courses You May Take

Legal Environment of Business: A survey of the legal environment of business including concepts of legal rules, the legal framework to resolve disputes, a study of the concept of property rights, contracts, commercial paper, agency and employment laws, government regulation of business through administrative agencies, and introduction to international law.

Leadership and Negotiation: This course will focus on the tools needed to become a more effective leader and negotiator. Current leadership methodology will be examined along with the effects of cognitive bias on decision-making and the power of effective written communication. Negotiation skills will be taught which will enhance your ability to prepare for and execute a negotiation. These skills will be reinforced by utilizing role-playing and a mock negotiation with your peers.

Employment Law: Historical interpretations and present provisions of regulations governing: labor and common law; state and federal statues; Fair Labor Standards Act; Worker's Compensation; Social Security liability; United States Department of Labor; social legislation and fair employment practices.

Managerial Accounting: Application of accounting data in decision making: cost analysis as applied in the development of budgets and standards; accounting as a tool for cost control and pricing; case problems, using the micro-computer as a decision-making tool, which require students to interpret and discuss their analysis in the context of managerial decision-making.

Financial Management: A study of the financial policy of business firms along with the theory supporting that policy. Topics include capital budgeting, capital structure, cost of capital, dividend policy, and management of working capital, as well as the unique international dimensions of the financial policy of multinational firms.

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Career Paths for Corporate Governance and Risk Management

Managers with MBAs often work with upper executive officers to run various operations in plants, factories, departments, corporations and health facilities. Essentially, they oversee the day-to-day grind of running a company. A manager's tasks can include overseeing the company's financial and accounting divisions, coordinating with the human resources department, and supervising a marketing campaign. According to the BLS, employment in administrative services management was expected to increase by 8% between 2014 and 2024. Competition for high-end management positions would be tight during this time period. There would be a higher growth rate of 17% for medical and health services managers, due in part to an overall growth in this industry. Network and computer system administrators would have an average growth rate of 8% for management positions.