Fundamentals of business administration, accounting and human resources
Free of cost
by funding
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Certificates: Certified Business Administrator" certificate
Certificate "Fundamentals of Accounting"
Certificate "Fundamentals of Human Resources Management" -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
Certified Business Administrator -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 12 Weeks
Fundamentals of business administration and accounting
Business law (approx. 2.5 days)
Legal forms
Purchase agreement
Company mergers/cooperations
Insolvency law
Taxes and legal aspects of business (approx. 0.5 days)
Fundamentals of business management
Basics of corporate taxation
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Annual financial statements: Balance sheet and P&L with introduction to accounting (approx. 7 days)
Objectives of annual financial statements
Structure of a balance sheet
Assets/liabilities
Inventory
Profit and loss account (P&L account)
Financial statements/period results with receivables/payables
Provisions
Reserves
Amortization
Effects of expenses on the annual financial statements
The graduated income statement
Analysis of the graduated income statement
Analysis of annual financial statements
Corporate goals and key figures (approx. 2 days)
Profitability
Return on equity
Profitability ratios
Liquidity ratios
productivity
Application of cost accounting in small companies (approx. 4 days)
Tasks of cost accounting
Terms used in cost accounting
Price calculation
Cost center accounting
Profit center accounting
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 4 days)
Accounting basics
Accounting basics (full-time approx. 1.5 days/part-time approx. 3 days)
Legal basics
Inventory, stocktaking, balance sheet
Determination of profit through equity comparison
Posting to balance sheet and profit and loss accounts (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)
Value changes in the balance sheet
Dissolution of the balance sheet in inventory costs
Posting business transactions and closing balance sheet accounts
Simple and compound posting records
Opening and closing balance sheet account
Expenses and income
Profit and loss account as closing account of the profit and loss accounts
Introduction to depreciation of property, plant and equipment (full-time approx. 0.5 days/part-time approx. 1 day)
Causes, posting and effect of depreciation
Calculation of depreciation
Profit and loss account
Change in inventories of finished goods and work in progress (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Inventory increase, inventory decrease
Effect on the profit and loss account
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Value added tax on purchases and sales (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
The nature of sales tax (value added tax)
Value added tax - a transitory item for companies
Accounting for sales tax
Private withdrawals and deposits (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Private account
Free withdrawal of goods and other services
Organization of bookkeeping (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Chart of accounts
Tasks and structure of the chart of accounts
Chart of accounts and chart of accounts
Document organization
Meaning and types of documents
The books of financial accounting
Basic ledger, general ledger
Overview of the subledgers
Overview of common accounting programs
Master data maintenance
Open item accounting
Commercial arithmetic: Rule of three, calculating percentages, calculating interest
Bookings in the personnel area (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Wages, salaries
Advances, benefits in kind
Special allowances
Procurement and sales bookings (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Merchandise
Procurement costs, returns
Immediate discounts, price reductions
Delivery accounts, customer accounts
Posting of material purchases to expense accounts
Bookings in the fixed assets area (full-time approx. 0.5 days/part-time approx. 1 day)
Asset accounting
Acquisition of fixed assets
Retirement, sale, withdrawal of fixed assets
Taxation of companies and entrepreneurs (full-time approx. 0.5 days/part-time approx. 1 day)
Annual financial statements (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)
Inventory differences
Other receivables/other liabilities
Prepaid expenses and deferred income
Provisions/valuation of receivables
Closing in the main financial statement overview
Cost and activity accounting (full-time approx. 1 day/part-time approx. 2 days)
Tasks of cost and performance accounting
Basic concepts of KLR
Expenses - Income
Expenses - costs
Income - services
Imputed costs, tasks and types
Project work (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Fundamentals of human resources management
Fundamentals of human resources management (approx. 2 days)
Objectives and tasks of operational human resources management
Organization and framework conditions of human resources management
Personnel administration
Personnel information and statistics
Diversity management
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Personnel administration (approx. 5 days)
Tasks and process structures
Instruments of personnel administration
Information systems
Fundamentals of labor law
Employment contracts
Data protection
Personnel planning/recruitment (approx. 5 days)
Objectives, importance and tasks of personnel planning
Processes and components of personnel planning
Applicant management and requirement profiles
Evaluation of applicant documents
Special features of SMEs
Job interviews/selection process
Hiring new employees
Personnel development (approx. 3 days)
Basic questions of personnel development
Instruments of promotion
Staff appraisal
Development stages and target measurements
Company training and further training
Differentiation between further training and forms of training
Personnel remuneration (approx. 3 days)
Personnel costs
Basics of cost and activity accounting
Forms of remuneration
Basics of payroll accounting
Gross/net wage calculation
Income tax and social security regulations
Payroll accounting
Project work (approx. 2 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
After the course, you will be familiar with the commercial and business management mindset and have some basic knowledge of accounting.
The course then provides an introduction to bookkeeping. You will master the competent handling of accounting processes. Everything is considered and explained in a practical way and in the context of the overall business operations of a company.
The course then offers a systematic introduction to HR work. You will learn the core areas of human resources management and can apply them in a practice-oriented way.
Sound basic commercial and business management knowledge is indispensable in today's working world and makes it easier for you to understand business practice.
Employees with in-depth knowledge of accounting and human resources are in demand across all sectors at companies of all sizes. Your meaningful certificate provides detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career entry and advancement.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).