Governance Strategy Course
    Strategic Governance Best Practices 

Course Audience

• This governance training course is designed for public sector leaders and managers at country, state, and city levels seeking to develop their strategic governance skills.

• Target audience includes members of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, including heads of states, governors, members of parliaments, judges, managers of public agencies, mayors, commissioners, senior government managers, and public policy advisors. The program also helps public sector analysts, policy advisors, and legal professionals in understanding the latest governance best practices.

• Note: This course is designed as an advanced training for government and corporate professionals; we do not accept students seeking initial employment, postsecondary education, or initial licensing programs.

Course Objectives 

• Provide 360-degree view of the public sector management function to integrate and align policy with governance strategy
• Review public sector governance frameworks, best practices, decision-making models, and analysis tools to balance between freedom (performance) and control (risk management)
• Share government strategy example and insights from the world's most successful governments
• Learn from examples of government failure and how to avoid governance strategy pitfalls
• Create a work-based project to help candidates develop strategic initiatives based on their unique set of issues, resources, and governance environment

 Course Topics

• Emerging challenges of leaders in the public sector
• Preventing corruption and agency capture and abuse of power
• Governance frameworks and systems
• The seven principles of ethical governance framework: service, transparency, accountability, consistency, fairness, focus, integrity, and objectivity
• The best practices and pitfalls of current governance systems
• The institute's model for systematic analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies and investments
• Performance vs. Conformance (freedom vs. control)
• Review of sources of bias in decision-making and governance
• The role of the administrative office in governance: Expertise, policies, evaluation, and audit
• Stakeholders public accountability: Transparency and reporting

Special Topics and Customization Requests (Additional Fee):

• Interrelationship between national and international governance systems
• Identifying the key institutional power players and their influence in the United States and global governance system
• A critical analysis of the United States governance system
• A critical analysis of the United Nations governance system
• Global governance and the changing world order - Analysis of emerging challenges and solutions
• Gross National Development (GND) and Gross National Wellbeing (GNW) public sector management and measurement frameworks

Training Model

• Experiential action learning

• 25%-50% seminar and 50-75% experiential project work

• The development of executive management skills is based on KASAC executive education and management training model

Courseware Content (Customized)

The Governance Strategy courseware includes the following:

1. Participant's training guide

2. Subject matter handbook and lecture notes

3. Executive summary of the subject matter:

   • Summary of essential concepts and leadership best practices

   • Examples and case studies

4. The Governor's toolkit (management frameworks, decision-models, and checklists)

5. Experiential work-based assessment project

Performance Evaluation (Optional)

• Performance can be evaluated on the basis of individual or team project deliverables

• There are no Q&A exams or tests. Candidates can choose to complete customized experiential work-based projects such as developing a relevant analysis document, management strategy, action plan, or a senior management presentation

• The course advisor will review the deliverables and provide improvement feedback. The evaluation is a form of management consulting and experiential coaching for performance improvement

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