Introduction

This ICDRC Corporate Affairs and Governance training course elaborates on the various roles and responsibilities of the Corporate Affairs function and its key involvement into all the processes of Governance within the Corporate. This training course will discuss the International Governance Standard codes and how Corporate Governance is measured and benchmarked. Attendees will be gain comprehensive knowledge about Corporate Governance and its Guiding principles.

This training course provides participants with a detailed understanding of the GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) Perspective, covering the Governance Framework at both the Board level (the Board Governance Framework) as well as the Executive management levels (the Assurance and Control Governance Framework). This training course also addresses Effective Organizational Compliance Management and discusses in details all aspects of the managing board’s affairs and risk as a vital process and its evolution into the implementation of an integrated boards affairs and governance framework.

The program will highlight the followings:

• Corporate Affairs Roles and Responsibilities
• Corporate Governance
• Principles of Good Corporate Governance
• Corporate Affairs Involvement in Corporate Governance
• The Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Perspective.
• Compliance and Compliance management.
• Risk and Risk Management.
• The GRC Assurance Model.
• The GRC Disclosure and Reporting Model.
• Corporate Affairs Involvement in GRC.
• King IV Report on Corporate Governance.

Course Objectives

At the end of this training course, you will be able to:

• Learn all possible roles played by Corporate Affairs function.
• Understand their key involvement in the various Governance processes
• Explore a comprehensive Generic Governance model based on key principles and adaptable to any organization.
• Discuss in detail the three components of the GRC perspective
• Learn about Compliance and how to implement an effective Compliance program.
• Learn about Risk Management, its framework and standard process.
• Discuss models of Governance Assurance and Control within the organization.
• Discuss the Integrated Model of Governance Disclosure, presentation and Reporting within the Organization.
• Learn about the King IV standard code of Corporate Governance.

Personal Benefits

Professionals opting for this Corporate Affairs and Governance training course will benefit in the following ways:

Complete understanding and detailed information about corporate affairs and governance

Increased knowledge and experience to train other professionals on corporate affairs and governance

Enhanced foresight and perspective to predict future challenges and devise mechanisms to overcome these before they impact the organisation

Increased ability and potential to contribute to organisational growth and credibility

Dynamic and enhanced skillset and capabilities to assume any role or responsibility related to corporate affairs and governance across any organisation, thereby demonstrating one’s potential and helping one achieve great success in terms of career growth and development

Greater skill and abilities to stay updated with changing boards market trends and help one’s organisation boards see through

Their Roles and Responsibilities within their respective functions

The Corporate Governance structure in place

The Compliance program implemented and their related duties and obligations

Organizational Benefits

With professionals undergoing this in Corporate Affairs and Governance training course, organisations will derive the following benefits:

• Trained and experienced professionals performing and/or overseeing various functions related to successful corporate affairs of the board and governance.
• Clear, defined roles across levels within the organisation, thereby adding clarity and eliminating chances of delay as a result of multiple levels of approval
• Faster decision making and better boards risk assessment and management.
• Organisational growth and development from increased credibility, structured operations and the like.
• Setting up a Corporate Affairs function.
• Clear definition of the roles, duties, and responsibilities of the Corporate Affairs function.
• Defining its Effective involvement in the Corporate Governance process.
• Developing an Effective implementable Corporate Governance framework based on best practices and international standards.
• Ensuring an Effective Compliance management program is being implemented.
• Ensuring Risk management is implemented Enterprise wide in an Integrated model.
• Adopting a comprehensive Disclosure and Reporting package.

Training Methodology

We at ICDRC talent solutions will work with the participants to create cultural and intercultural effectiveness to understand diversity. This will be achieved through a highly interactive presentation which will include several management games, paper-pencil exercises, activities, role plays, videos, and robust practice sessions. You get an opportunity to discuss, share, and learn from the ideas with other industry participants as well. Institute of Corporate Directors Research Center talent solutions follows the approach of Do-Review-Learn-Apply. Participants should end the workshop with a clearer sense of the options, constraints, opportunities and priorities in considering the next steps towards Corporate Governance Codes and its applicability to Human Resource. A great strength of the Institute of Corporate Directors Research Center training approach lies in the diversity of opportunities it provides for participants to learn. Those who learn most by doing and sharing can benefit from the innovative range of participatory exercises and case studies that this course will offer.

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