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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: PRINCIPLES, POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES
Why Attend
Corporate governance is a key topic that has recently started attracting more attention in business schools and among legislatures, with this trend only increasing. While there are different models for corporate governance, all of them aim at organizing the relation between company and stakeholders. Governance models start with Shareholder Wealth Maximization (SWM) that stresses owners rights, Other methods of governance, applied in Germany or Japan for example, bring other stakeholders, such as the workforce and bankers strongly into play. In addition to these models, this course also covers the reasons why board membership may be one tier or two tiers, and includes discussions about board structure, committees, their functions and duties, the audit committee and the appointment and remuneration committee. Other topics discussed are the role of the chairman and the effect of institutional investors.
Course Methodology
The course is built on presentations by the instructor and the participants and includes exercises and case studies to be discussed in the training.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
List the essential fundamentals and significance of corporate governance
Analyze corporate governance models and suggest improvements
Assess the ethical and policy considerations underpinning shareholders, Board of Directors (BOD), auditors, senior management and executives
Decide on the corporate governance structure that is best suitable for the business model
Deploy corporate governance best practices
Apply disclosures and transparency requirements issued by IFRS and other authorities
Target Audience
Board members, chief financial officers, senior management, directors, finance managers, financial controllers, accounting and finance personnel, legal counsel, corporate legal advisors, corporate secretaries, lawyers, external and internal auditors, HR managers, and department heads.
Target Competencies
Understanding board of director structure
Analyzing board committees
Assessing board power
Defending shareholder rights and responsibilities
Employing the control environment
Evaluating wealth maximization
Identifying stakeholders rights