Enterprise Management and Controlling
Management through Processes
Controlling is one of the responsibilities of management — both of the top-level management of an enterprise or organization, and of individual department or area managers. Thus it’s no coincidence that managers and executives are increasingly being involved in planning and controlling processes. In view of an increasingly dynamic social and economic context, those who set goals and objectives are well advised to continuously analyze the goals themselves, as well as the path chosen and the progress made towards implementing them, in order to generate the awareness that is an important foundation of control.
Accordingly, more and more employers, in all industries as well as in a growing number of non-profit organizations and government agencies, expect their employees in all fields and functional areas to have a thorough understanding of controlling processes.
The certificate programme in Enterprise Management and Controlling teaches you this fundamental management expertise. The programme presents the controlling cycle and familiarizes you with its principal instruments. You will learn to evaluate the most important systems of indicators with regard to their strategic significance, and will be able to apply the strategic potential of controlling to your management action in day-to-day work.
Learning Outcomes
The certificate programme in Enterprise Management and Controlling conceives controlling as an essential instrument of information-based enterprise management, and hence as a management task.
After completing the course, you will be able to assess the significance of the principal stages of the controlling cycle for the company’s management. In particular, you will be able to evaluate the strategic potential of business planning processes and target-performance comparisons. You will be familiar with the major systems of indicators and able to assess their significance for the control of the organization.
Using this knowledge, you will be able to apply the approaches, elements and processes of controlling as a comprehensive understanding of business management in your day-to-day work.
At a Glance
Final certificate:
- University certificate (5 ECTS)
ZFU certification:
Beginning of course:
- Students can start the course at any time.
- Introductory seminars are held regularly for an optimum start.
Current dates
Duration:
- 2 months
- The period of supervised study can be extended by three months without additional fees.
Prerequisites:
- A first academic degree
or
- Equivalent qualifications: Secondary leaving certificate with qualification for higher education, completed vocational training and at least two years’ work experience with supervisory duties,
or
- Equivalent qualifications: Completed vocational training and at least five years’ work experience with supervisory duties.
We recommend work experience and current employment as a prerequisite for this certificate programme. This ensures that you can directly transfer the skills you acquire to your professional practice.
Credit:
Your achievement in the Enterprise Management and Controlling certificate programme can be counted towards a master’s degree course or the General Professional Studies Certificate programmes certificate programme at DUW if you fulfil the admission requirements for the given course.
Tuition fees:
See the schedule of fees in our Info and Download Area.
Related programmes of study:
General Professional Studies
General Management
Personal Skills
Change Management
Project Management and Practice Transfer
Accreditation
All courses of study at DUW that lead to an academic degree are approved by the accreditation agency ACQUIN.
State Certification
All of DUW’s programs of study are approved by the German national Distance Learning Office (Zentralstelle für Fernunterricht, ZFU) in Cologne. This certifies that course content is complete, correct and appropriately presented to ensure that you can achieve your educational goal.
Target Group
The certificate programme in Enterprise Management and Controlling is aimed at employees who deal with individual instruments of controlling in their professional environment, and want to acquire or expand their skills in this area in order to increase their radius of action.
This certificate programme is especially designed for:
- Employees, particularly those in non-commercial fields and functional areas, who are involved in corporate planning and controlling processes.
- Employees in all fields and functions who aspire to management responsibilities.
Course Content
This certificate programme conceives controlling as a duty of management and illustrates how it is integrated in the management of an enterprise. Using the controlling cycle, the course examines the strategic significance of planning work and emphasizes the potential offered by the analysis of possible deviations, especially in regard to enterprise management. The programme includes a critical examination of systems of indicators, and broadens your scope from to short-term operative controlling to strategic considerations. By applying the knowledge you acquire to a specific case, you ensure the sustainability of your new skills. This enables you to apply controlling and management expertise in your own professional practice.
Info and Download Area
You can find further information on the certificate programme in Enterprise Management and Controlling, as well as a schedule of fees, a registration form, the current calendar and advice on financing your continuing education studies, in the Info and Download Area
Do you have questions about this program?
The DUW guidance counselling team is happy to help and advise you. The DUW guidance counselling team is available by phone at 0800-9 333 111,* or by e-mail at studienberatung@duw-berlin.de.
* free call from German landlines; mobile costs may vary
