Faculty

Course Outline

The PGCert in Board Practice and Directorship comprises of three modules taught over an intensive rezidential week, covering topics like :

PG Cert Module 1: Building Board and Director Effectiveness

• Different roles at board level and their responsibilities as part of the board
• Developing awareness of your own strengths, weaknesses and background
• Influencing skills at board level
• How boards can enable strategy design and execution
• The nature of dysfunctional boards and the issues they face
• The importance of succession planning to director effectiveness
• Balancing short-term and longer-term board value

PG Cert Module 2: Investor Relations, Governance and Innovation

• The board-level impact on processes, decisions, diversity and dynamics, as well as how these outcomes affect sustainability for internal actors, external influences, and organisational change and innovation
• The relationship between boards and investors
• The differences between ownership types and their change implications
• The effectiveness of independent directors
• Key relationships within the organisation (e.g. Chairman-CEO; CEO-Board)
• ‘Common good competitiveness’ as a more sustainable alternative to profit orientation, short-termism, or shareholder/self-interest

PG Cert Module 3: Handling Risk at Board Level

• The relationship between risk and uncertainty in relation to business decisions, behavioural economics, cognitive bias, accounting and finance, and handling conflict and crises
• Appetite and tolerance for risk
• The link between risk and internal/external factors
• How boards and board members interpret and report risk

 

Assesment Process

For each module, there will be a written assignment of 3,000 words (60%) and a case study (40%) presented in a 2 day workshop. Each module’s assignment accounts for 20 credits.

 

Course & assesment timeline

To be announced

 

 

Application Process

Entry requirements

• A Master’s degree or a good BA degree (or equivalent)
• Organizational leadership/board experience, or at least three years’ senior management experience with board-level access
• Access to a live board-level governance challenge identified in your proposal
• English language proficiency: IELTS 7.0, with no element below 6.0 (see note below) OR an “English Proficiency at Work” document – signed by current employer)

Applicants who possess exceptional organisational experience but do not meet the standard academic requirements are welcome to apply and may be considered for entry onto the programme on a case-by-case basis.

Enrolment process outline

• Fill in the Application Form (online)
• Upload Your CV in English (in the Application)
• Copy/scan of the official qualification diploma / certificate transcript in English
• 2 Referrals: from Board of Director’s Level or work superiors
• English Language proficiency document/s
• Fill in the Personal Development Plan

Enrolment Timeline

• Programme start date: 17 September
• Application file submission closing date: 7 July
• Interviews closing date: 10 July
• Official confirmation of cohort running: 14 July
• Distribution of offers: 21 July
• Acceptances & Payments: no later than 20 August

 

Fee PGCert Stage 1 
€10,000