W538 – Controlling

Module
Controlling
Controlling
Module number
W538 [IB-BA E08]
Version: 1
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Bachelor
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. oec. publ. Wolfgang Sattler
wolfgang.sattler(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. oec. publ. Wolfgang Sattler
wolfgang.sattler(at)htw-dresden.de
Course language(s)

English
in "Controlling - E08"
ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (4.00 SCH Seminar)
Self-study time

105.00 hours
105.00 hours Self-study - Controlling - E08
Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

Written examination
Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 100%
in "Controlling - E08"
Form of teaching

Lectures, case studies, presentations, software "Office"
Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure
  • Introduction
    Accounting
    Corporate Governance, International Corporate Governance
    Group Companies, Case Study Zara
    Value Based (= strategic) management control, Added value
    Discounted Cash Flow, Dividend Discount Method
  • Corporate Planning of P/L, B/S, C/F
    Key Performance Indicators
Qualification objectives

The students acquire professional competence in the four basic tasks of controlling: planning, information, monitoring and control, with regard to operational and strategic aspects. Students understand traditional and modern instruments of management control and can apply them in practical examples (methodological competence).
Social and personal skills

key skills
Special admission requirements
No information
Recommended prerequisites

TOEFL 550 or equivalent
Continuation options
No information
Literature

Drury: Management and Cost Accounting, Andover (United
Kingdom).
Brealey/Myers: Principles of Corporate Finance, Boston etc (USA).
Weber/Schäffer: Introduction to Controlling, Stuttgart.Horvath and Partners.: Das Controllingkonzept, 6. Auflage, 2006, ISBN-10: 3-423-05812-9
Reichmann, Th.(1997): Controlling: Concepts of Management Control, Controllership, and Ratios , ISBN-10:* 354062722
Weber, J., Schäfer, V.: Introduction to Controlling, Stuttgart 2008
Müller, Uecker, Zehbold: Controlling, 2. Aufl. Leipzig 2005
Brown, G.: Managerial Accounting, Study Guides 1-3, Napier University 2005

Current teaching resources

Slides will be uploaded onto the OPAL learning platform; Exercise sheet
Notes

For the exam you need a non-programmable CALCULATOR (course, your smartphone is not allowed).

The module is entirely taught in English.
Link to course/learning resources in OPAL
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