Board Papers and Reporting Essentials

Board reporting is the provision of information to a board of directors. Best practice board reporting properly enables directors to comply with and carry out their statutory and common law duties and to make optimum decisions on behalf of their organisation. Without relevant, appropriate and consistent quality board reporting, boards are not able to properly fulfill their regulatory, decision making, leadership and oversight obligations.

The aim of this course is to provide participants with an understanding of processes, techniques and issues involved in preparing papers and reporting to boards.

Learning objectives:

•          Examine the importance of board reporting (i.e. s180 and related compliance issues) and identify different types of “reporting”.
•          Identify the process and challenges of preparing and delivering board papers.
•          Understand the information flow to and from the board, in order to achieve a correct balance of information.
•          Recognise the relationship between board reporting, corporate strategy and the process of balancing a strategic agenda to address the board’s priorities.

Capabilities : Reflection & Learning , Critical & Independent Thinking , Governance & Oversight , Value Generation & Performance , Secretarial Practice , Legislation & Policy