Course Overview

Corporate Governance is understandably very high on the public sector agenda. The course seeks to:

• Ensure that organizations are appropriately constituted, structured and operate the appropriate governance processes
• Support good practice in stewardship, risk and assurance, and internal control
• Exemplify standards of behavior as a way of enabling good governance in organizations.

This programme covers;

• How to apply the corporate governance fundamentals in the public sector
• How to establish and maintain a strategically effective framework
• How to identify business risk with a potential impact on corporate governance
• The role of the Board and those with whom they interact
• Management of internal and external relationships

It targets;

• Staff who support the Board
• Staff with a responsibility for governance but with no formal training
• Middle and senior managers or aspiring managers
• New or aspiring Board members

Course Content

• History and development of corporate governance
• Effective governance frameworks
• Servicing the Board
• Risk management and assurance
• Promoting corporate values and behaviors
• Public sector accountability
• Governance in practice

Training Format:

• All materials are made available through our Online Learning Platform
• Students should commit approximately 5-6 hours of their time per week

Materials Provided:

Online delivery of curriculum materials, exercises and templates.

Assignments:

In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to submit assignments at the end of every month.

Course duration: 6 months

Regions Targeted: Global

Courses Fees: USD1000