Corporate Governance and Public Management

Who is this course for?

This course would be beneficial to you if you have experience in a middle level management role.

What will I learn?

You will gain an understanding of corporate governance and public management topics, including:

• Principles and practices of corporate governance
• Environmental, social and governance responsibility and ethics
• Strategic public management
• Ethical leadership in public and private sectors
• E-government and digital transformation

How will I learn?

Your course leaders are experts in various fields with years of experience in industry and academia. There will be opportunities for you to participate in person and online because you will be enrolled on our online teaching platform Moodle. 

Dr. Olalekan Adisa

Dr. Olalekan Adisa is an international scholar with a BSc from Olabisi Onabanjo University, a Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Lagos, an MSc in Political Science (Public Administration) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a PhD from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has over 15 years of teaching and research experience in Public Policy, Business Strategy, New Public Management, Project Management, Governance, and Sustainable Development. Dr. Adisa is the Course Lead for International Project Management at York St John University and is an External Examiner in the UK and South Africa. He is also the coordinator for the Executive Program on Corporate Governance and Public Management.

Martha Matosek

Marta Matosek is an academic and practitioner with over 12 years of experience delivering projects and business change initiatives both in the UK and internationally. Marta delivered projects in Europe, Africa and Asia in areas of governance, public service, and socio-economic development, funded by aid agencies (UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; U.S. Agency for International Development), United Nations (UN) entities (UN International Children's Emergency Fund , UN Women, UN Refugee Agency) and private foundations. As an academic at York St John University, she creates content and delivers teaching for MSc in International Project Management and MSc in digital Marketing. She holds degrees in Public Policy (MA), International Business (BA) and African Linguistics (BA).