This program will equip you with comprehensive skills to professionally support senior management in organizational and administrative tasks, as well as in the planning and implementation of projects. You’ll gain knowledge in business administration, accounting, and corporate planning; learn how to prepare budgets and business plans in a cost-effective manner; and deepen your skills in management, communication, and marketing. In addition, you’ll learn fundamental project management methods and how to use AI effectively for business, planning, and project-related tasks.
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Certificates: Management Assistant" certificate
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Additional Certificates: Certified Business Administrator" certificate
Certified Business Manager" certificate
Basic certificate in project management (GPM)® from PM-Zert -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
Certified Business Manager:in
Certified Business Administrator
Zertifizierung durch die PM-ZERT, Zertifizierungsstelle der GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V. -
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
Fundamentals of Business Administration and Business Processes (approx. 3 days)
Business Management
Corporate Objectives and Conflicting Goals
Structure, Functions, and Business Operations
Basic Business Functions: Procurement, Service Delivery, Sales, Financing, Human Resources, and Administration
Business model, value creation, and the relationship between revenue, costs, profit, and liquidity
AI-supported research, structuring, and processing of business information
Business law and legal basics (approx. 2 days)
Legal forms of companies
Rights and obligations in sales contracts
Basics of liability
Cooperations and company mergers
Insolvency law and signs of crisis
Tax fundamentals in the corporate context (approx. 1 day)
Classification of business tax types
Basics of corporate taxation
The basic principle of value added tax
Importance of taxes for pricing, earnings and liquidity
Fundamentals of External Accounting: Bookkeeping, Balance Sheet, and Income Statement (approx. 6 days)
Tasks and Objectives of External Accounting
Inventory and Fixed Assets
Composition and Structure of a Balance Sheet, Assets/Liabilities
Income Statement and Profit Determination
Receivables/Liabilities
Provisions and Reserves: An Overview
Depreciation and Its Impact on the Annual Financial Statements
Relationship Between Day-to-Day Business Transactions and Financial Statements
Step-by-Step Income Statement
Introduction to the Analysis of the Balance Sheet and Income Statement
AI Support in Accounting-Related Processes, e.g., for Audit Notes and Plausibility Checks
Corporate goals, key figures and business management (approx. 1 day)
Profitability, productivity
Liquidity and profitability
Return on equity and other business ratios
Assessment of the economic situation of a company
Cost and activity accounting in small and medium-sized companies (approx. 3 days)
Tasks and importance of cost and activity accounting
Terms used in cost accounting
Cost type, cost center and cost unit accounting
Price calculation
Basic principles of contribution margin and profitability analysis
Cost accounting for operational control
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)
Use of AI for brainstorming and structuring business models
AI-supported creation and revision of business plan components
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)
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
Use of AI to support market and competition analyses
Marketing (approx. 3 days)
Market analysis and market segmentation
Basics of market research
Instruments of the marketing mix
Advertising and supporting instruments
Use of AI to develop marketing ideas and address target groups
AI-supported creation of marketing content
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)
Project management
Artificial intelligence (AI) in project management (approx. 1 day)
Presentation of specific AI technologies
Recommendations for dealing with AI
Prompting in a professional context
Context skills (approx. 3 days)
Governance, structures and processes
Strategy
Power and interests
Personal and social skills (approx. 1 day)
Personal communication
Technical skills (approx. 10 days)
Project design
Agile project management
Organization, information and documentation
Opportunities and risks
Requirements and goals
Scope of services and deliverables
Process and deadlines
Stakeholders
Resources
Costs and financing
Planning and control
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination in project management (approx. 5 days)
By PM-ZERT, certification body of the GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e. V.
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
After completing the course, you will have a solid understanding of business administration, accounting, and business planning, and will be able to analyze economic relationships and key business metrics. You’ll know how to create business plans, budgets, and financial plans for projects and companies, and you’ll have a basic understanding of contract law, commercial law, and corporate law. In addition, you’ll be proficient in key project management methods and able to plan and manage projects in a structured manner. In addition, you’ll be able to use AI specifically for business management, planning, and project-related tasks.
The course is aimed at anyone who would like to take on professional responsibility in multifunctional tasks or aspire to a role in the company organization, particularly in assistance, project management and management functions.
As a management assistant, you will be sought after in companies of all sizes. The skills you acquire on this course are in high demand on the job market. You will support the management in all organizational and administrative tasks.
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).