Part-time Academic (Busi 6052: Corporate Governance) - Winter 2025

Position Details

Position Information Position Title Part-Time Academic (BUSI 6052 : Corporate Governance) - Winter 2025 Posting Number PTAP2610P Department / Unit Strategy, Entr.

Int. Business Location Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Job Summary & Key Responsibilities A Part-Time Academic is needed to teach the following course from January to April, 2025

BUSI 6052 - Corporate Governance

The central focus of corporate governance is the relationship between the top management team (TMT), the board of directors (BoD), and other stakeholders, especially stockholders.

The collapse of Enron, Global Crossing, and WorldCom in the United States revealed the wide-scale shenanigans of their boards of directors.

The failure of Parmalat and Swissair rekindled concerns about the effectiveness of monitoring boards in Europe. Similarly, in Canada, the failure of Bre-X, Cinar, Hollinger, Livent, and YBM Magnex illustrates the prankishness of their board members and the degree of their lack of concern for stockholders' interests.

The failure of Lehman Brothers as recently as August-September 2008 has been attributed to poor monitoring by its board.

Clearly, poor governance has led to the death of these once successful, highly admired large corporations and to massive losses and restructuring in many other cases across the globe.

The reputation of audit and consulting companies associated with these ill-fated corporations suffered a great setback, leaving stakeholders wondering whom to trust to safeguard their interests! Besides, drastic changes in different types of work environments have imposed significant challenges for the governance of contemporary organizations.

Corporate Governance is designed to give students an in-depth look at the corporate governance triad, as indicated above, that controls the modern corporation.

Accordingly, this course will deal with the control, composition, functions, roles, and structure of boards; board responsibility and accountability;

shareholder and other stakeholder representation; and corporate boards vis-à-vis financial and reputational risks, social responsibility, and ethics.

Qualifications / Requirements of Position A Master's degree is required. Completion of a PhD or a PhD in progress is considered to be an asset.

The successful applicant must have demonstrated knowledge of the subject matter, and preferably an established record of effective teaching experience.

The successful candidate must also be able to meet the AACSB accrediting body academic or professional qualification requirements.

Applicants lacking teaching experience should bring formal corporate governance training and corporate / volunteer board experience.

Duties included, but are not limited to :

This course is taught to our full time Corporate Residency MBA students and our mid career MBA Career Advance students. It is deliver synchronously, and the expectation would be to teach a 90 minute weekly synchronous class between 11 : 35am and 2 : 25pm on Mondays next winter.

Part time faculty member would also be expected to supplement the classes with online asynchronous content, delivered on Brightspace learning management system.

In addition to a class time, the part-time academic should also be available for two hours per week for consultation with students.

Additional meetings with the team of faculty teaching fall MBA courses may be required (approximately 1 hour / month). The part-time academic reports to the Department Head for Strategy, Entrepreneurship and International Business (Dr.

Albert James) and liaises with the MBA Program Director (Prof. Dan Shaw). Salary Range / Pay Rate $6,478 per course (In accordance with CUPE Collective Agreement) Additional Information All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply;

however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Dalhousie University commits to achieving inclusive excellence through continually championing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.

The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons (especially Mi'kmaq), persons of Black / African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), and members of other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, women, and persons identifying as members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.