Master of Corporate Governance

The Master of Corporate Governance provides a comprehensive view of the system of checks and balances that exist to ensure corporate actors including directors and executive officers exercise their powers legitimately and responsibly.

It offers insights for all stakeholders in the management of organisations – including, but not limited to, corporations.

Corporate governance is a dynamic discipline that interacts with the social, digital and business model landscape in which it is placed.

Innovation and technology impact best practices in corporate governance.

Our unique placement within the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship at Swinburne, coupled with insights from our industry partners, ensures that this degree is practical, current and pro-actively focused.

You will acquire skills in all aspects of corporate governance including leadership;

the legal obligations of company officers and directors;

accounting fundamentals, risk decision-making;

and management, strategy and corporate culture.

You will also have the opportunity to undertake governance projects in both profit and non-profit organisational contexts.

The Master of Corporate Governance will equip you to become a governance professional with a thorough understanding of law, leadership, design thinking, risk and governance issues. The role of governance is becoming more important and evident due to highly visible corporate failures, executive remuneration and corporate decision-making. A mastery of governance is becoming more important for those in senior roles, including board members, company directors, members of the C-suite, company secretaries, accountants and those working within the areas of audit, risk, strategy and compliance. Equipping graduates with this knowledge will help them to navigate legal and governance issues in decision-making.

The Master of Corporate Governance forms the third stage in a nested suite of programs consisting of:

• Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance
• Graduate Diploma of Corporate Governance ^
• Master of Corporate GovernanceMaster of Corporate Governance (Advanced)

^ Students are unable to enrol directly into the Graduate Diploma of Corporate Governance but it is available as an exit award.

A student cannot be awarded two masters level courses from the same nested suite.

This course is for working professionals. That’s why we offer it in Intensive Mode. It’s an efficient and faster way to complete a postgraduate qualification with minimal impact on your professional and personal life. Units (subjects) are either delivered after work hours or on Fridays or Saturdays, and run throughout the year in six week teaching periods instead of the usual 12 week semesters. This means you can complete more units and graduate faster, or take breaks when you need to.

To qualify for the award of Master of Corporate Governance, students must complete 12 units (or equivalent) (150 credit points) comprising of:

• 9 core units (112.5 credit points)
• 3 Elective units (37.5 credit points)

Units of study

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ENT60009 Opportunity Discovery, Creativity and Design LAW60005 Contracting with Corporations LAW70001 Compliance and Risk LAW80008 Corporate Governance SIP60001 Corporate Responsibility and Accountability LAW80006 Enterprise Governance * LAW80009 Governance Strategy and Leadership LAW80005 Applied Industry Corporate Governance Project ORG60001 Leading ECO60003 Managerial Economics ACC60002 Accounting Information and Managerial Decision Making ACC60002 Accounting Information and Managerial Decision Making SCM60002 Six Sigma Lean Green Belt BUS80003 Research Methodology MGT80003 Delivering Innovation and Other High Risk Strategies SCM80001 Innovation in Transport and Logistics SCM80002 Innovative Supply Chain Technologies PRM60001 Project Management in Entrepreneurial Ventures ENT70012 Growth Management ENT70018 Entrepreneurial Mindset, New Ventures and Innovation ENT70019 Venture Planning ENT80031 Venture in Action ENT80032 Innovation Discovery and Technology Transfer FIN60004 Entrepreneurial Finance FIN60006 Frontiers in FinTech FIN70006 Banking and Insurance Risk Management FIN70007 Investments and Capital Markets FIN80014 Business Finance and Quantitative Analysis FIN80021 Applied Financial Services Project HRM60013 Employee Relations HRM60018 Human Resource Fundamentals HRM60019 Work and Organisational Behaviour HRM70012 Managing Workplace Diversity and Inclusion HRM70013 Strategic Human Resource Management HRM80015 Human Capital Analytics HRM80018 Leading Change HRM80019 Human Resource Consultancy Project INF70008 Business Analytics and Visualisation INF80007 Business Information Systems for a Rapidly Changing World INF80023 Managing IT Enabled Innovation and Transformation INF80045 Strategic Value of Business Technology INF80046 Managing Digital INF80047 Digital Intensive INF80048 Enterprise Architecture INF80049 Digital Business Risks INF80050 Blockchain: Business Models and Applications INF80051 Artificial Intelligence and Insights INF80052 Applied Technology Project LAW60005 Contracting with Corporations LAW80009 Governance Strategy and Leadership MKT60006 Strategic and Entrepreneurial Marketing MKT60011 Data Empowered Marketing MKT60012 Consumer Behaviour MKT70017 Global Digital Marketing MKT70019 Branding and Creative Innovation MKT70020 Services Marketing and Customer Management MKT80010 Marketing Strategy and Planning MKT80015 Marketing Communications Agency ORG60001 Leading SIP60001 Corporate Responsibility and Accountability SIP60002 Leadership for Social Impact SIP60003 Social Impact: Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation SIP60004 Social Investment and Philanthropy SIP70014 Evaluation and Impact Measurement SIP80015 Strategic Philanthropy SIP80017 Social Venture Development BUS70013 Business Innovation in Europe Study Tour BUS70014 Business Innovation in America Study Tour BUS70015 Business Innovation in Asia Study Tour BUS70016 Indigenous Study Tour: Supporting Economic Development

Financial Management and Entrepreneurship (Fribourg) (25 credit points) ##

* Outcome units - matched exemptions are generally not granted for Higher Education outcome units.

# Applied Projects Units - Students must have completed 75 credit points and may require an interview with the relevant Course Director.

## Study Tour Options - students need to discuss these options with their Course Director

Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance

At completion of the Master of Corporate Governance, graduates will be able to:

• apply coherent, advanced and integrated knowledge of corporate governance and enterprise governance concepts in diverse contexts using critical thinking
• apply problem solving, design and decision making methodologies to identify and provide innovative solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence
• communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences and function as an effective member or leader of a diverse team
• apply governance fundamentals to the analysis, design and operation of a business model using appropriate governance methods and tools, in a variety of contexts
• demonstrate professionalism, integrity, ethical conduct, professional accountability and a deep awareness of professional practices in a global and sustainable context
• reflect on and take responsibility for their own learning and self-management processes by regularly reviewing performance as a means of managing continuing professional development and lifelong learning
• apply advanced knowledge of research methods to plan and execute a piece of research with some independence.

The Swinburne graduate attributes signify that Swinburne intends that its teaching programs assist all its graduates to be:

• capable in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas and an ability to engage in critical enquiry
• entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace or community
• effective and ethical in work, community situations and reasoning skills
• adaptable and able to manage change
• aware of local and international environments in which they will be contributing (e.g. socio-cultural, economic, natural).