Corporate Governance Training Course

Corporate governance Training Course 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 relationship between the company and stakeholders. Governance models start with Shareholder Wealth Maximization (SWM) that stresses owners’ rights, as applied mainly in the US and UK.

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 members 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.

 

Corporate Governance Training 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.

Corporate Governance Training Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• List the essential fundamentals and significance of Corporate
• 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 CG Training Course structure that is best suitable for the business model
• Deploy CG 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

Corporate Governance Training Course Outline

Overview of CG

• Definition of corporate Governance
• The scope of CG
• Essential corporate Governance principles
• The macro governance picture
• Philosophies affecting CG
• CG code of conduct and global principles

Models and mechanism of CG

• The Shareholder Wealth Maximization (SWM) model
• The Corporate Wealth Maximization (CWM) model
• International models of CG
• The board of directors
• The audit committee
• Environment for corporate control

Stakeholders in Corporate Governance

• Stakeholders
• Shareholders rights
• Different types of directors
• Directors’ duties and rights
• Role of chairman and corporate officers
• Internal auditors and external auditors
• Institutional investors and minority stakeholders
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) view on stakeholders
• Deloitte governance framework
• KPMG professional judgment process
• Risk-based decision making
• CG failure effects
• The efficient board