Fundamentals of business administration and accounting, management and corporate planning
Free of cost
by funding
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Certificates: Certified Business Administrator" certificate
Certified Business Manager" certificate -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
Certified Business Administrator
Certified Business Manager -
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: 8 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)
Management and corporate planning
Management (approx. 1 day)
Hierarchy levels
Management methods
Planning horizons
Management functions
Management control loop
Management instruments
Objectives, methods and instruments of business plan preparation (approx. 3 days)
Basics of business plan preparation
Analysis and planning tools (SWOT analysis, scenario analysis, portfolio analysis, creativity techniques)
Contract law (approx. 1 day)
Declarations of intent
Warranty and guarantee
Types of contract and their disruptions
Law on contractual defects (subsequent performance, withdrawal, purchase price reduction, compensation)
General terms and conditions (AGB)
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Commercial and company law (approx. 1 day)
Types of merchants
company forms
Commercial practices
Special features of commercial law
Commercial register and publicity
Introduction to insolvency law
Project planning (approx. 0.5 days)
basics
Resource planning
Planning steps
Errors in project planning
Environment analysis (approx. 0.5 days)
Company analysis
Industry analysis
Location analysis
Competition analysis
Marketing (approx. 3 days)
Market analysis and market segmentation
Basics of market research
Instruments of the marketing mix
Advertising and supporting instruments
Financial planning (approx. 1 day)
Overview of
Instruments
Planning investment calculation (approx. 2 days)
Basics
Investment calculation methods
Limits and problems of capital budgeting methods
Key figures
Financial planning (approx. 1 day)
Basics
Equity and debt financing
External and internal financing
Key figures
Controlling (approx. 1 day)
Tasks and objectives of controlling
Areas of controlling
Controlling instruments
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 5 days)
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
After the course, you will have basic business management knowledge and will be able to create business plans for
projects and companies from an economic point of view. You will also be familiar with the most important economic planning and marketing tools and their application.
Sound commercial and business management knowledge is indispensable in today's working world and makes it easier for you to understand business practice.
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).