Explores effective governance principles in a New Zealand context (corporate, Not-For-Profit, project and indigenous) including the role, function and dynamics of boards, board practice and engagement, board member obligations and governance success and failure.
Explores contemporary challenges confronting leadership including ethics, sustainability, diversity, complexity, partnership and power sharing, particularly related to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, collaborative and network dynamics.
Integrates leadership and governance thinking and practice through a focus on decision-making, dynamics, relationships and processes in a board context. Pays particular attention to leadership at three levels: team leadership at board level, the Chair’s leadership of the board and strategic leadership by the board.
Explores developments in governance applied in a New Zealand context focussing on issues around the nature, role and purpose of corporations and their governing bodies and developments such as corporate purpose, integrated reporting, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and shareholder/stakeholder/entity primacy. Includes consideration of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, application of Te Ao Māori principles and governance of Small/Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
Governance Explores international issues and developments, analyses research and innovations, and evaluates trends in the area of leadership and governance.
Explores the manager to director transition focusing on readiness, career, roles, duties, accountabilities, knowledge and skills.
and Economics 891 Management