MBA. Corporate Governance

Welcome Message from the Coordinator

On behalf of the Dean and Management of the School of Graduate Studies (SOGS) of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), I am pleased to welcome you to study this programme.
We are delighted you chose UPSA and look forward to a productive partnership that will ensure you realise your highest potential. As a professional university, our graduate programmes seek to achieve excellence, innovation, and the highest quality in teaching, learning, and research.

The UPSA MBA in Corporate Governance programme is designed to prepare students aspiring to assume high managerial positions in medium to large organisations to acquire the requisite skills to ensure the highest-level compliance to ethical standards, best practices, and accountability to its stakeholders in how the organisation is operated, regulated, and controlled within relevant laws and regulations. The uniqueness of this programme is its character of blending theory and practice in the programme design and delivery.

Upon completion, graduates will gain skills that enable them to exhibit a highly specialised set of board-level leadership skills for high organisational performance in diverse career paths and opportunities in management, compliance, risk management, and a pathway to board duties, among others.

We are pleased with our latest accomplishments and trust in a flourishing future with even more developments. We hope you share our vision and passion! Feel free to get in touch with the programme coordinator if you need any additional information.

Programme Philosophy

The Programme is designed to prepare students to assume high managerial positions in large organisations and ensure that the organisation is accountable to its stakeholders by setting processes that affect how the organisation is operated, regulated, and controlled with good ethical standards, best practices, and relevant laws.
Students will also be given the appropriate skills in strategic management, formulation, implementation, and evaluation, as well as learn the value of good corporate governance and boardroom skills.
Also, the programme will provide students with the skills needed to apply the relevant corporate management theory, as well as a highly specialised set of board-level leadership skills for organisational performance. The uniqueness of the programme lies in practical emphasis without compromising academic rigour.

Programme Objectives

The overall aim of this programme is to equip students with knowledge, skills, and awareness to provide effective and efficient governance for business entities. The MBA in Corporate Governance will help establish a clear skillset for company directors, allowing them to reconcile external and internal controls, risk management, competitive behaviour, and adherence to corporate law.

The programme will also focus holistically on management problems under the perspective of compliance and corporate governance. Key to achieving the aims of this programme is to develop personal assessments, professional skills, and knowledge in corporate governance and convey in-depth skills for regulatory compliance and value-oriented management of corporate entities.

The objectives of the MBA in Corporate Governance are to:

• Equip students with the essential knowledge and skills needed to dispense the functions of governance in an organisation.

• Equip students with knowledge and skills to advise management units and boards on the best governance practices.

• Analyse issues confronting governance structures.

• Identify the roles of the drivers of corporate governance such as capital markets, shareholders, and rating agencies.

• Discuss with students the modalities of compliance with laws and regulations.

• Explain efficient internal communication and dissemination of information to and from the Board.

• Evaluate various external pressures that impinges on the corporate governance of corporate entities.

• Equip students with tools for self-development as a professional practitioner in Corporate Governance.

Programme Learning Outcomes

At the end of the programme students will be able to:

• Evaluate the principles of corporate governance in general and specific contexts

• Assess the strengths and weaknesses of different internal corporate governance mechanisms

• Gain an in depth understanding of corporate governance, from corporate, investor and other stakeholder perspectives

• Appreciate the importance of business ethics pertaining to various corporate governance issues.

• Explain the best practices in respect of corporate governance, as required to achieve high standards of corporate behaviour.

• Apply the corporate accounting and financial reporting practices in financial planning,
control and decision making.

• Analyze the various management accounting controls, information systems, principles of organization and strategy theories and their application to corporate management.

Programme Structure

Programme Coordinator’s Profile

Nana Owusua Aboagye-Darko is a Coordinator and Lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra. She holds a BSc in Human Resource Management from Central University, an MPhil in Leadership from the University of Professional Studies, Accra, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Management Studies at the University of South Africa. Nana coordinates the MSc in Procurement Management, MBA in Corporate Governance, and Post Graduate Diploma in Leadership and Organisational Development programmes.

Her research interests include educational leadership, entrepreneurship, work-life balance, and student mentoring. Nana has extensive teaching experience in management, entrepreneurship, leadership, and organisational development. She is known for her excellent communication skills and teamwork.

As a lecturer, Nana aims to continuously improve educational methodologies and contribute to societal development through her work.

Contact the Coordinator via:

email:   [email protected]

Phone Number: +233 209978020