Objectives: Offer the participants a deep knowledge of the content of “governing” as different organizational functions from managing or leading: identify and understand variables that allows to improve governance quality, specifically board of trustees role; review the content of the board sessions; first approach to understanding board dynamics.

Learning outcomes: Provide them with frameworks and tools that allows them: i) to design a governance structure of an institution / apostolic work; ii) to develop their role as members of governing bodies

Contents:

1. Orientating principles inspired in the Ignatian spirituality based on the Catholic Church tradition.

2. Designing a board (functions, structure, composition, processes).

3. Understanding the logic of a whole institution.

4. Understanding the strategy.

5. Basic knowledges for developing the role of trustee or director (another way of dealing with strategy, finance, operations, ESG issues…).

6. The logics of governance (group dynamics, group and personal biases). Discerning in common.

Methodology: During the course different methodologies will be used: magistral classes; cases; work in groups around real problems and challenges; test and other pedagogical tool as working in a critical mode with AI.

Means of evaluation: There will be two alternative ways of assessment: i)short assay where the participant will offer a proposal governing body design for an apostolic work; ii) Summary of self-recommendations based in the course content and debates to better develop the role of trustee or director of a governing body.