Controlling and Finance Tools for Consultants

Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Version 10.0 vom 12.10.2017

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Controlling and Finance Tools for Consultants

• Business Management (M.A.)
• International Business and Management (Master) (M.A.)

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What can external or internal consultants contribute to companies? How can these contributions be measured and communicated? Students are able to critically evaluate the complex decision-making processes within companies in view of the consultants' contribution to the achievement of financial business targets and present the added value of a project for the company.

• 1. Principles of business objectives
• Shareholders vs. stakeholders
• Financial control parameters
• Principles of value management
• 2. Value management
• Investment management
• Corporate assessment
• Approaches of value management
• 3. Selected measures to enhance shareholder value
• Make or buy? M&A management
• Working capital management
• Financial instrument
• Instruments of risk management

Wissensverbreiterung
Students who successfully complete this module have a substantiated knowledge of the most important tools of controlling and of corporate finance used for the improvement of business performance as an approach for consultancy services.
Wissensvertiefung

Können - instrumentale Kompetenz
Students are able to work confidently with key finance and controlling tools.
Können - kommunikative Kompetenz
Students who successfully complete this module are able to analyse operative issues in view of their financial implications, and interpret and present the results.
Können - systemische Kompetenz
Students who successfully complete this module are able to consolidate information from different areas of a business and the business environment, analyse this information and develop it to the decision-making stage.

Lectures, exercises, literature research, case studies

management tools/exploring strategy, management concepts/strategy in action, fundamental knowledge of controlling and finances, fundamental principles of project and process management

Arnsfeld, Torsten

Rethschulte, Antje

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Case study material

• Hausarbeit
• Klausur 1-stündig und Assignment
• Klausur 2-stündig
• Mündliche Prüfung
• Präsentation
• Projektbericht
• Referat

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Advanced knowledge of commonly-used finance and controlling tools, transfer of business practice, evaluation and estimates to issues within case study examples worked on in the module.

1 Semester

Nur Sommersemester

Englisch