SEMINARS USA

Government regulation and legislative activity represent a major profit variable to modern business. Business Government Relations offers a series of seminars to help business executives deal with the affairs of government. Our seminars are presented by team associates with decades of hands-on experience and concomitant publication and scholarly achievement. Our programs address both understanding government activity and methods to manage government affairs.

We present government regulation as the product of our developing technology, economy and evolving social state. Our seminars empower business with management methods to achieve compliance, anticipate future government activity, build relationships and regulator confidence, and reduce the costs of inadequate and inefficient operations.

Each seminar ranges from four hours to a day and a half and can be tailored to the needs of the audience.

SEMINARS FOR BUSINESS EXECUTIVES

Effective Government Relations

The seminar is designed to help executives develop and manage an effective government relations program. The curriculum identifies various approaches and organization structures that facilitate anticipation and participation in regulatory development and legislative actions.

The seminar focuses upon: assessing the hidden costs of your companies current government relations, establishing realistic goals for regulatory and legislative relationships, developing the right strategies, analysis of government activity, department level communication, the role of management – leadership, company coordination, using outside resources and maintaining a conducive business environment. Various scenarios and case studies are presented.

The seminar is designed for individual companies and trade association groups and will be conducted to meet the needs of the audience.

Environmental Management

Environmental Management is a critical factor in modern business and directly affects profitability and product acceptability. Sound quality control and environmental systems are necessary to ensure the confidence of importing markets, consumers and the external society.

The management of production byproducts and waste streams protects workers at the production site and the people living in surrounding areas. Efficient processing of waste can be cost effective through capture and recycling and reduces the company’s responsibility and liability.

Our Environmental Management seminar is presented both as a general format to acquaint the audience with the economic and social benefits of environmental management and as applicable to the byproducts and waste streams of specific companies or industries. The seminar will acquaint participants with available options to achieve the efficient and economical handling of production byproducts and waste and establishing environmental management systems.

Regulatory Management

The regulatory management seminar is designed to provide executives a perspective of regulatory activity as a part of our democracy and provides managers an understanding of the process and intervening variables of regulatory activity.

It presents regulation as a dynamic within our governmental system and presents ‘regulatory evolution’ based upon changing technological, economic and cultural environments. Regulation is presented as an evolving phenomenon that demands pragmatic responses and continuous business adjustments. The seminar focuses upon industry and company participation in establishing standards, rules, government audits, internal reviews, and employee management.

This seminar will enable executives to better anticipate, assess and take part in the ongoing regulatory discussion.

ISO 14000

The ISO 14000 seminar presents a proven approach to managing environmental problems. It challenges and empowers organizations to identify problem conditions and develop ongoing solutions. Organizations are instructed to establish objectives and goals for environmental improvement and to commit to effective and reliable processes and continued progress.

The seminar will demonstrate how to bring all employees and managers into a system of “shared enlightenment” through awareness and personnel responsibility for the environmental performance of the organization. The seminar will address the administrative procedures necessary for ISO certification.

Certification as an ISO 14000 company provides market confidence and is recognized by governments and private firms worldwide. To date over 11,000 certificates have been issued to companies throughout the world. The procedures and management methods contained in ISO 14000 training can be applicable to both private companies and units of government.

SEMINARS FOR BUSINESS EXECUTIVES AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS

There are many common elements in the efficient management of private enterprise and a unit of government. Our firm provides programs for both private executives and public officials that expand the range of management options when dealing with the tasks of governance. Our seminars on ‘Supply Chain Management’ and ‘Public-Private Partnerships’ provide opportunity and sound management techniques for private companies and units of government.

Public-Private Partnerships

Focused for both government officials and private sector executives; the Public-Private Partnerships seminar presents optional solutions for the tasks of governance that provide the potential for revenue infusion and opportunities for private companies. The agreements involve a government entity contracting with private companies to operate, maintain and manage the functions of government facilities or systems.

The most common Public-Private Partnerships concern transportation systems. This seminar acquaints participants with useful information concerning: the types of Public-Private Partnerships, Terms of Agreement, Facilities Subsidies, Risk Transfer Analysis, Value For Money Analysis, Barriers to Public-Private Partnerships and Success Factors.

This seminar is intended for individual units of governments, governmental associations and private companies and trade associations.

Supply Chain Management

The planning, coordination and management of the physical movement of resources enables efficient and efficacious results. This seminar, intended for both company executives and public officials, will acquaint participants with a concept of material flow as a system that works to ensure real time information, reliable delivery, costs savings and maximum productivity.

The seminar will include: Key Components of a Logistic System, Total Cost Approach, International Distribution, Supply Chain Relationships, Technology – Forecasting and Decision Support, Materials Management and Purchasing, Modes of Transportation, Inventory Management and Warehousing and Materials Handling.

This seminar is intended for individual units of government, government associations, private companies and trade associations.