LB5204 - Globalisation, Governance and the State

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Law Office

The transformation from industrial to post-industrial society has challenged the prevailing governance structures, ethical values and the role of the state. As a new post-industrial order emerges, humankind is faced with creating new governance structures and redefining their relationship with the state/governments. This subject includes: relations and tensions between business, nation states and global institutions; professionalism, transparency and the public interest; dilemmas of the modern corporate form; national institutions global capital markets and the reporting crises; the role of supra-national institutions (World Bank, EU, UN); cross-cultural issues and dimensions of transnational corporate governance; corporate governance; regulatory compliance; ethical codes; accountability and corporate assurance; risk management; leadership.

Learning Outcomes

• understand, analyse and critique the impact of globalisation on selected aspects of macro economic and corporate governance, environmental governance and political governance;
• understand, analyse and critique emerging organisational architecture, governance processes and law at the supra-state, international level;
• understand and analyse the function and inter-connectedness of selected governance regimes, for instance, those concerned with; Labour Standards, Biodiversity Conservation, World Trade and Human Rights;
• understand and analyse the interaction between multinational corporations (MNCs) and other market forces, International Governance organisations (IGOs), international financial institutions (IFIs), states, civil society and new social movements (NSMs) and non governmental organisations (NGOs) in defining good governance in the context of globalisation;
• understand, analyse and critique the competing definitions of globalisation and good governance.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
• The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 4
Census Date 28-Mar-2008
Face to face teaching 14-Mar-2008 to 06-Apr-2008
Coord/Lect:	Professor Paul Havemann.
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - Consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%).
Cairns, Block, Study Period 4
Census Date 28-Mar-2008
Non-standard start/end 18-Apr-2008 to 25-May-2008
Face to face teaching 18-Apr-2008 to 11-May-2008
Coord/Lect:	Mr Noel Richards, Professor Paul Havemann.
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - Consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22
Census Date 15-Aug-2008
Coord/Lect:	Mr Noel Richards, Professor Paul Havemann.
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - Consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%).

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