Executive
Education
Courses

Take Executive Education courses at Riga Business School to keep up with the latest developments in business education. Whether you’re a recent graduate or it’s been years since you called yourself a student, we welcome you to continue growing. This is an opportunity for you to develop and update your talents.

Jul 3 – Aug 18

Tuesdays and Thursdays

In-Person, 2x week

Justin Bancroft

Corporate Governance

Latvia’s recent accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) marks a significant milestone in the country’s development. To support this achievement, Latvia has introduced reforms to the governance process for state-owned enterprises, as well as changes for the private sector. This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of Corporate Governance, both from an international and Latvian perspective, preparing them for roles as corporate directors in public, private, and state-owned enterprises.

By utilizing case studies, research, and discussions, this course seeks to achieve specific objectives, including

  • Applying the principles of corporate governance, oversight, and control
  • Distinguishing between governance, management, internal control, and stakeholder interests
  • Implementing governance structures across public, private, non-governmental, and state-owned enterprises
  • Evaluating an organization’s level of corporate governance based on corporate reporting, published financial reports, and other information
  • Understanding the significance of corporate governance concepts such as corporate social responsibility and ethics in decision-making processes

To ensure that the course content is relevant to the Latvian business environment, we will examine current best practices in Europe and North America and explore how these can be adopted in Latvia. By the end of the course, students will have a deep understanding of corporate governance principles and how they can be practically applied in various organizational settings.

Class 1 History and Theories of the Corporation

Board Communications Exercises

Class 2 Shareholders

Board Communications Exercises
Class 3 Case Study
Class 4 Boards of Directors

Case Study Discussion
Class 5 Executive Compensation as a Governance Issue

Workshop: How To Read A Proxy
Class 6 Shareholder Activism: Institutional Investors, Public Pension Funds, and Activist Investors
Class 7 Corporate Governance Standards
Class 8 Employee Ownership, Profit Sharing, and Broad-based Stock Options Introduction
Class 9 Changes in the Corporation: Public vs Private Companies and Takeovers, Mergers, Spinoffs,

Acquisitions, Privatization, Nationalization, & Startups
Class 10 Management Performance
Class 11 Corporate Ethics/International Corporate Governance
Class 12 Ethics Exercise  

Case Study Discussion
Class 13 Group project presentations

Course is priced at 750 Eur + VAT

Requirements to receive the certificate:

  • 80% attendance
  • active participation in classes that includes discussions, group and individual work.

Corporate Governance

Justin Bancroft

Jul 3 – Aug 18

Tuesdays and Thursdays

In-Person

Latvia’s recent accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) marks a significant milestone in the country’s development. To support this achievement, Latvia has introduced reforms to the governance process for state-owned enterprises, as well as changes for the private sector. This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of Corporate Governance, both from an international and Latvian perspective, preparing them for roles as corporate directors in public, private, and state-owned enterprises.

By utilizing case studies, research, and discussions, this course seeks to achieve specific objectives, including

  • Applying the principles of corporate governance, oversight, and control
  • Distinguishing between governance, management, internal control, and stakeholder interests
  • Implementing governance structures across public, private, non-governmental, and state-owned enterprises
  • Evaluating an organization’s level of corporate governance based on corporate reporting, published financial reports, and other information
  • Understanding the significance of corporate governance concepts such as corporate social responsibility and ethics in decision-making processes

To ensure that the course content is relevant to the Latvian business environment, we will examine current best practices in Europe and North America and explore how these can be adopted in Latvia. By the end of the course, students will have a deep understanding of corporate governance principles and how they can be practically applied in various organizational settings.

Class 1 History and Theories of the Corporation

Board Communications Exercises

Class 2 Shareholders

Board Communications Exercises
Class 3 Case Study
Class 4 Boards of Directors

Case Study Discussion
Class 5 Executive Compensation as a Governance Issue

Workshop: How To Read A Proxy
Class 6 Shareholder Activism: Institutional Investors, Public Pension Funds, and Activist Investors
Class 7 Corporate Governance Standards
Class 8 Employee Ownership, Profit Sharing, and Broad-based Stock Options Introduction
Class 9 Changes in the Corporation: Public vs Private Companies and Takeovers, Mergers, Spinoffs,

Acquisitions, Privatization, Nationalization, & Startups
Class 10 Management Performance
Class 11 Corporate Ethics/International Corporate Governance
Class 12 Ethics Exercise  

Case Study Discussion
Class 13 Group project presentations

Course is priced at 750 Eur + VAT

Requirements to receive the certificate:

  • 80% attendance
  • active participation in classes that includes discussions, group and individual work.