Overview of Course Objectives

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Overview of Course Objectives

• Global Corporate Governance Forum
• Corporate Governance Leadership Program
• July 9-15, 2006
• Chris Pierce

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History

• Program 1
• South East Asia (2002)
• Program 2
• Latin America (2003)
• Program 3
• South Asia (2005)
• Program 6
• Africa (2006)

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Countries Represented

• Botswana
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zimbabwe

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Members

• Universities
• Institutes of Directors and Corporate Governance
  Associations
• Professional Bodies
• Stock Exchange
• Development and Commercial Banks
• Industrial Development Corporations

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Members of the Faculty

• Chris Pierce
• Brenda Bowman
• Dr Susan Harmeling

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Goals of the Program

• To provide education about board roles
  responsibilities
• Assist in the development of a curriculum and
  teaching methods adapted to the needs of adult
  learners

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Objective 1

• Participants will develop the knowledge base and
  skill sets needed to lead director education
  programmes that reflect international best
  practice adapted to regional needs in developing
  markets.

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Objective 2

• Participants will gain an in depth
  understanding of issues relevant to the
  implementation of international best practice in
  corporate governance

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Components

• Lectures from guest practitioners
• Lectures from academics
• Case studies
• Significant interaction

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Content

• Corporate governance developments
• Global Governance issues
• Key responsibilities of the board
• Corporate governance and banks
• Working with adult learners
• Developing the curriculum
• Adult learning styles
• Family firms
• Case study development
• State owned enterprises (SOEs)
• Crisis management
• Developing and managing a Program
• Shareholder activism
• Evaluating and monitoring courses
• Current International research on corporate
  governance