Wednesday, April 16, 2014

ARI-PBBM International Training - Day Eight

Day Eight

After a successful first day event, the ICGSM 2014 continues with the Keynote Speech by Prof Rob McCusker, Director of the Centre for Fraud and Financial Crime, Teesside Business School, on a topic titled "Risk Management and Corporate Governance: More Apparent than Real?".  This was followed by a Plenary session titled "The Global Diffusion of Public Governance Public Practices" with two prominent speakers.  Tan Sri Prof Ir Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar shared his experiences through his talk entitled "Management and Governance of a Large University" where he needs to ensure that being big does not mean that the
university has to sacrifice on its quality of education. Tan Sri Sahol elaborated on the strategic planning and governance undertaken by Universiti Teknologi MARA in ensuring that the university graduates are highly employable and some become employers themselves.  Prof Dr Mishra from the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE) India, spoke on "Issues and Challenges of Governance in Public Enterprises in India".  The plenary session was followed by questions and answers session where training and conference participants had the opportunity to ask questions and discuss with the renown speakers.  later in the afternoon, Tan Sri Sahol Hamid met up with UiTM scholars who are currently pursuing their post graduate programs in the United Kingdom.