The first company director course run by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) was in 1975.
Since then about 40,000 have completed the course, which is widely seen as a base level of knowledge for a role as a board director.
The course, following the facilitator-led and scenario-centric Harvard teaching model, focuses on two key capabilities judgement and decision making.
It takes five full days to complete, on top of 40 to 50 hours of preparation, mostly reading. Then theres a 3000 word assignment, an online quiz and a written exam, to pass the whole thing.
The course …
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