Books - Recommendations to assist you
We have compiled a resource of various Book Recommendations to assist you in better understanding the areas within which GRC Consulting operates. These are references that we own, utilise in our work and recommend to you, as our preferred and utilised reading references.
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GRC - Governance, Risk and Compliance - A Consolidation
If you wish to better understand why the GRC Elements should be Integrated within organisations, so as to achieve world class operations and GRC synergy. Then this is an excellent reference.
GRC - Governance, Risk and Compliance
There are many sources on these topics, but these are one the best groupings and written in simple, easy to understand business language. Whilst they contain lessons even for the expert, they are applicable for those where these topics may not be comfortable ground. The following groups of reference materials are excellent for this purpose.
Management's Guide to Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Maximise Value within your Organisation - Norman Marks
Company Secretariat
If you wish to better understand the world of the Corporate Secretary, the workings with and for the Board and build your own check-lists and processes, as presented under relevant English Frameworks. Then these are excellent references .
International Integrated Reporting Framwork
If you wish to better understand the trend toward the Integrated Reporting Framework and the 6 capitals. Then these are excellent references.
The International Integrated Reporting Council's (IIRC) - International Integrated Reporting Framework - January 2021
Business Strategy and Leadership
If you wish to better understand business strategy and leadership. Then these are excellent references.
Find Your Why - A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose For You and Your Team - Simon Sinek
Beyond Entrepreneurship - B.E. 2.0 - Turning your Business into an Enduring Great Company - Jim Collins and Bill Lazier
Great By Choice - Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck - Why some thrive despite them all - Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen
Built To Last - Successful Habits of Visionary Companies - Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Execution - The Discipline of Getting Things Done - Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan with Charles Burck
Boards, Directors, Governance and Leadership
If you wish to better understand Boards, Directors, related Governance and leadership. Then these are good references.
Boards That Deliver - Advancing Corporate Governance from Compliance to Competitive Advantage - Ram Charan
Strategy - Scenario Based Strategic Planning - A Core Focus Read
If you wish to better understand Scenario Strategic Planning, its development and concepts, possibly with a view to building your own methodology, the the following groups of reference materials are excellent for this purpose.
The Fox Trilogy: Imagining the unimaginable and dealing with it - Clem Sunter & Chantell Ilbury
Thinking the Future - New perspectives from the shoulders of giants - Clem Sunter and Mitch Ilbury
Strategy - Scenario Based Strategic Planning - Other Foundation Reads
Other background and filler reads on Scenario Based Strategic Planning, that are useful background understanding and reference materials.
Scenario Planning in Organisations: How to create, use and assess scenarios - Thomas Chermack
Strategy - The Traditional Way
For those wishing to follow the more tradition ways of developing annual strategy or "rolling plans", then the following are useful and helpful references.
Simply Strategy: The shortest route to the best strategy - Richard Koch & Peter Nieuwenhuizen
Change Management
For those wishing to better understand the methodology and practices behind successful global organisations and lead large scale Change. Then these are excellent references.
Beyond Performance 2.0: A proven approach to leading large-scale change - Keller & Schaninger
Due Diligence
For those wishing to better understand the methodology and develop their own working practices, processes and checklists, covering the material elements of undertaking a due diligence, whether for simple due diligence purposes or for evaluation of equity investments, then the following are excellent references to assist you.
Useful Business Key: Tools, Models, KPI's and Ratio's
For those wishing to better understand these useful aspects, or simply to have a good source of reference on hand for the right occassion, then the following are excellent references to assist you.
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