Making the simple complicated is commonplace;
making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

(Charles Mingus)

06 | 02 | 2012
Business Improvement Advisory Services
Strategy Workshop Facilitation
The outcome of this course will be a realistic, functional strategy that is owned by all the participants and that can be executed to improve the organization’s functioning. Participants will learn how to identify opportunities, take more ownership of the business, correctly manage client relationships and increase efficiency.
 
Strategy Implementation
Strategy implementation involves creating a compelling and functional approach within an organisation that will consolidate the company’s focus and direction and increase efficiency. All participants are brought into a common dome of awareness to ensure collegiality and commitment to a common purpose.
 
Board Assessment
One of the biggest challenges facing Boards is how to continue to increase their skills with the use of the governance model. Boards should act as focal point and custodian of corporate governance. There are 64 Principles covering governance, ethical leadership, risk and sustainability. These are all covered with the Board Assessment. It provides an assessment designed for a deeper and more thorough analysis of Board governance. To drive the enterprise forward in order to achieve the organization’s purpose whilst keeping it under prudent control (compliance).
 
Trade Facilitation: Africa and the Middle East only
Gateways has successfully represented several international businesses seeking to penetrate the African and Middle East markets. We have helped them find the right partners and projects. With our parent company located in South African and our offices in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, we assist South African businesses interested in doing business in these areas by providing them with all the necessary proactive support in establishing sustainable and profitable business ventures in these lucrative markets.
 
Financial Controls
At the organizational level, internal control objectives relate to the reliability of financial reporting, timely feedback on the achievement of operational or strategic goals, and compliance with laws and regulations.  Management information systems are designed to help the organization accomplish specific goals or objectives. This can all be prepared through Gateways Business Consultants, as a result of which the process of variation will be reduced, leading to more predictable outcomes.
 
Mergers and Acquisitions
An acquisition, also known as a takeover or a buyout or "merger", is the buying of one company (the ‘target’) by another. An acquisition may be friendly or hostile. In the former case, the companies cooperate in negotiations; in the latter case, the takeover target is unwilling to be bought or the target's board has no prior knowledge of the offer. Acquisition usually refers to a purchase of a smaller firm by a larger one. Gateways Business Consultants are able to assist from beginning to end of the entire process with their professional skills.
 
Financial Analysis for Forecasting
Forecasting is the process of making statements about events whose actual outcomes (typically) have not yet been observed. A commonplace example might be estimation of the expected value for some variable of interest at some specified future date. Gateways Business Consultants can provide effective financial analysis for this specific need within any organisation. The Gateways Business Consultant will study companies and other entities to arrive at the estimate of their financial value.