Business Governance
Practical, accredited governance training for the members and supporters of the boards, management committees and councils of Australian companies, community groups and schools.
The Certificate IV in Business (Governance) provides a widely respected, nationally recognised governance qualification for those working on or with the governing structures of Australian companies and community organisations.
You Will Receive:
- Practical knowledge and skills across a wide range of community governance topics that you can immediately apply in your organisation
- A strong platform from which to consolidate your present position or launch new governance experiences
- Increased confidence that you can make a substantial and valued contribution as a member of your organisation
- The opportunity to network and exchange strategies with presenters and fellow course participants
- A new qualification to add to your CV: Certificate IV in Business (Governance)
Key Benefits:
- Australia's most valued accredited governance qualification
- Fully recognised, accredited training linked to the Australian Quality Framework
- Training developed specifically for the community sector
- Relevant to both new and experienced board members, and senior managers
- Open-entry course - no pre-requisite requirements
- Robust, practical and continuously updated learning materials written by experts in the field
- Engaging, experienced, approachable presenters and highly practical, interactive training
- Immediate assessment and no written exam
Pre-Requisites:
This is an open-entry course. There are no specific requirements you need to fulfill to gain entry.
Assessment:
The program is assessed against 13 component modules, based on participation in the intensive group workshop days and successful completion of follow-up tasks including written assessments comprising questions and review projects.
To successfully complete the course and be awarded the Certificate IV qualification, delegates must demonstrate competency against all 13 modules. The course schedule, follow-up assessments and project work are carefully designed to enable you to do so, and - importantly - to enable you also to apply your learning.
Curriculum:
The course is divided into four distinct themes, each covering a separate aspect of community governance. It is run in groups, which enables idea sharing and problem-solving, among other things.
Session One: Governing
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- Why is governance important?
- Meeting the roles and responsibilities of a board member
- Using the constitution
- Managing a board meeting
Session Two: Planning
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- Preparing & overseeing the organisation's annual budget
- Monitoring financial management and budgets
- Planning for organisational needs
- Overseeing business planning and raising capital or funds
Session Three: Communicating
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- Project management/sharing the workload
- Maintaining and protecting culture
- Contributing to a positive and culturally appropriate community
- Communicating with stakeholders
- Business Partnerships
Session Four: Sustaining
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- Reviewing the business plan
- Managing assets
- Developing and implementing organisational policies
- Effective Risk Management
- Reporting and evaluating
The program includes instruction, sharing, interaction and is designed to be applied to your own situation and role.
Delivery
The program is delivered in an engaging and entertaining style that aims to full involve each participant whatever their level of experience or needs. Day sessions generally commence 9am through until 4.30pm over the four days.
Over 800 people from organisations of all shapes, sizes and locations have completed the governance program with BSI Learning in the past two years.
Many of those have reported measurable and immediate impact on their own understanding and confidence in such issues as:
- Understanding the legal implications of Board roles and decision-making in general
- Linking strategy with operations
- Understanding and implementing risk management
- Gaining confidence with financials (and importantly in many cases) reinforcing that you are probably already doing a good job in some areas, and enabling effective and significant improvement in others
It is a great investment in the future for each participant and of course for the organisation.