The Business Case for Corporate Governance and Director Development Course will assist participants to develop commitment to good corporate governance, make companies and Institutions both more attractive to investors and lenders, and more profitable.

From board selection and strategic decision making to day-to-day operations and legal compliance, corporate governance is a way for companies and institutions to create a framework for sound business practices, sustained growth, and risk management.

Different organisations have different development requirements at board level, depending on the experience of their directors, their sector and their operating environment. This program covers all aspects of effective corporate governance training “ for private companies, quoted companies, international operations and non-commercial organisations such as charities. To help narrow down the content of a corporate governance training course / workshop, this module has been developed to cover all the key issues:

Outline

Part I: Introduction To Governance

• Module 1: Corporate governance
• Module 2: The business case for corporate governance
• Module 3: Disclosure and transparency
• Module 4: The role of shareowners and stakeholders

Part Ii: The Board

• Module 5: Board role, directors duties and liabilities
• Module 6: The effective board: composition and structure
• Module 7: Board practices
• Module 8: Board procedures

Part Iii: Strategic Leadership

• Module 9: The governance of strategy
• Module 10: Evaluating strategy delivery and executive directors performance
• Module 11: The governance of risk
• Module 12: Corporate responsibility

Part Iv: Financial Stewardship and Accountability

• Module 13: Financial oversight
• Module 14: Reporting
• Module 15: Corporate finance
• Module 16: The control environment

Part V: Leading, Planning, Improvement

• Module 17: Leading, planning, improvement
• An outline of each corporate governance training module is given below.

Training Objectives

Whatever your corporate governance training objectives, taking this flexible menu of optional modules as a starting point will ensure a programme that is as closely tailored to your needs as possible.

Audience

All board members (i. e., including non-executive directors, chairmen, managing directors and other board members).