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Corporate governance of open and distance learning (ODL) institutions: special reference to Open University Malaysia

Corporate governance refers to a system that controls the relationship between the company (board of directors / director/ management team) and stakeholders. The corporate failures of Enron, Arthur Andersen, Worldcom, Parmalat, Kirch, Grand Tibidabo, Royal Dutch Shell and many others are claimed...

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Main Authors: Zuhairah Ariff, Abd Ghadas, Tuan Fatma, Tuan Sulaiman
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Language:English
Published: 2018
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K Law (General)
L Education (General)
LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling my-unisza-ir.14012020-11-16T02:47:04Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1401/ Corporate governance of open and distance learning (ODL) institutions: special reference to Open University Malaysia Zuhairah Ariff, Abd Ghadas Tuan Fatma, Tuan Sulaiman K Law (General) L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education Corporate governance refers to a system that controls the relationship between the company (board of directors / director/ management team) and stakeholders. The corporate failures of Enron, Arthur Andersen, Worldcom, Parmalat, Kirch, Grand Tibidabo, Royal Dutch Shell and many others are claimed to be related to weak or lack of corporate governance. In the private education industry, open and distance learning (ODL) method have become increasingly popular. In Asia itself, there are seven out of eleven mega universities (universities with over 100,000 active students in degree-level courses) in the world. These include Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan, Open University of China, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia, and Korea National Open University. In Malaysia, ODL is also offered by the private universities such as the Open University Malaysia (OUM), Wawasan Open University (WOU), Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK) and Asia eUniversity (AeU). Different from most of the public universities which are not a body corporate, all ODL institutions in Malaysia are companies and therefore subjected to good and proper corporate governance for sustainability of the business. This paper examines the corporate structure of ODL institution with special reference to OUM, which is the first ODL institution in Malaysia. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the governance framework which is applicable to ODL institutions. The research methodologies adopted by this paper are doctrinal and statutory analysis. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1401/1/FH03-FUHA-18-22851.pdf Zuhairah Ariff, Abd Ghadas and Tuan Fatma, Tuan Sulaiman (2018) Corporate governance of open and distance learning (ODL) institutions: special reference to Open University Malaysia. In: International Conference on Law and Globalisation 2018, 21 Oct 2018, UniSZA.
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L Education (General)
LB2300 Higher Education
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L Education (General)
LB2300 Higher Education
Zuhairah Ariff, Abd Ghadas
Tuan Fatma, Tuan Sulaiman
Corporate governance of open and distance learning (ODL) institutions: special reference to Open University Malaysia
description Corporate governance refers to a system that controls the relationship between the company (board of directors / director/ management team) and stakeholders. The corporate failures of Enron, Arthur Andersen, Worldcom, Parmalat, Kirch, Grand Tibidabo, Royal Dutch Shell and many others are claimed to be related to weak or lack of corporate governance. In the private education industry, open and distance learning (ODL) method have become increasingly popular. In Asia itself, there are seven out of eleven mega universities (universities with over 100,000 active students in degree-level courses) in the world. These include Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan, Open University of China, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand, Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia, and Korea National Open University. In Malaysia, ODL is also offered by the private universities such as the Open University Malaysia (OUM), Wawasan Open University (WOU), Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK) and Asia eUniversity (AeU). Different from most of the public universities which are not a body corporate, all ODL institutions in Malaysia are companies and therefore subjected to good and proper corporate governance for sustainability of the business. This paper examines the corporate structure of ODL institution with special reference to OUM, which is the first ODL institution in Malaysia. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the governance framework which is applicable to ODL institutions. The research methodologies adopted by this paper are doctrinal and statutory analysis.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zuhairah Ariff, Abd Ghadas
Tuan Fatma, Tuan Sulaiman
author_facet Zuhairah Ariff, Abd Ghadas
Tuan Fatma, Tuan Sulaiman
author_sort Zuhairah Ariff, Abd Ghadas
title Corporate governance of open and distance learning (ODL) institutions: special reference to Open University Malaysia
title_short Corporate governance of open and distance learning (ODL) institutions: special reference to Open University Malaysia
title_full Corporate governance of open and distance learning (ODL) institutions: special reference to Open University Malaysia
title_fullStr Corporate governance of open and distance learning (ODL) institutions: special reference to Open University Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Corporate governance of open and distance learning (ODL) institutions: special reference to Open University Malaysia
title_sort corporate governance of open and distance learning (odl) institutions: special reference to open university malaysia
publishDate 2018
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