Govalix Executive Resources

Executive Glossary

The executive vocabulary behind the Govalix method — governance, operating models, transformation and more, defined with clarity.

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Capability

What an organization can reliably do — the combination of people, process, technology and governance behind an outcome.

The system of decision rights, accountability and oversight that makes an organization’s decisions consistent and trustworthy.

A clear allocation of who decides, who is consulted and who is informed for a class of decisions.

A documented framework defining who can decide what, and at which financial and risk thresholds.

Independent strategic guidance to leadership on the decisions that carry the greatest consequence.

The degree to which governance is defined, applied, measured and continuously improved.

An organization designed to endure — with a fixed purpose and adaptive strategy, structure and capability.

Building Saudi national capability and participation into an organization’s workforce and operations.

How an organization is structured to deliver its strategy — its people, processes, decisions, governance and technology as one system.

Shaping roles, units and reporting lines around value and strategy rather than history.

The connected set of objectives, metrics and reviews that align activity to strategic outcomes.

A regional management base through which multinationals direct Middle East operations from within the Kingdom.

The explicit statement of how much risk an organization will accept, and where.

Consolidating common support functions into a single unit to raise consistency and reduce cost.

A deliberate, structural change to how an organization operates, led rather than announced.

Saudi Arabia’s national program to diversify the economy, grow the private sector and modernize institutions.

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