Crash course in business administration for engineering, technology and natural sciences

This training is held in German.
Managers and executives with a technical or scientific background are increasingly confronted with business management issues. In this practice-oriented training , you will learn the basics of business administration and the associated technical terms in a systematic, comprehensive and clear way and be able to apply them competently.

Contents

Basic facts of economic activity

  • Business management decisions in the company.

Business administration and corporate management

  • Business management: Productivity, profitability and liquidity.
  • Accounting as a data basis for controlling.

Fundamentals of accounting and bookkeeping

  • From the recording of costs and investments to the annual financial statements.
  • The annual financial statements under commercial law: Balance sheet and profit and loss account.
  • The most important key figures for the balance sheet and income statement.
  • Cash flows in the company: Cash flow statement and the different statements of P&L and cash flow.

Cost accounting

  • Tasks of cost accounting.
  • Cost types, cost centers, cost units.
  • Cost allocation and calculation based on causation.
  • Application of contribution margin accounting.

Controlling, investments and financing

  • The job description of controllers.
  • Plan and control budgets.
  • Business case: Economic assessment of investments and projects.
  • Fundamentals of corporate finance.

Learning environment

Once you have registered, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services relating to this training course in your online learning environment.

Your benefit

The training is designed for practitioners and contains a large number of comprehensible examples. You will learn the basics of business administration in a systematic and clear way. With the know-how imparted, you will then be able to

  • recognize important business contexts and apply them in your professional environment,
  • understand the essential technical terms in terms of content and overall context,
  • understand what the: controller means with its technical language and
  • recognize the link between decisions and their economic impact and correctly assess the economic consequences.

Methods

Teaching the theoretical basics through lecture, discussion and many practical examples, individual and group exercises

Recommended for

Executives and managers with a technical, scientific or legal background who have no business management training or want to refresh their knowledge

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Attendees comments

"Thematically a precision landing, excellent speaker!"

Jürgen Brombacher
IZB Informatik-Zentrum München-Frankfurt am Main GmbH & Co. KG

"Cooperative, humorous presentation style of the speaker."

Michael Mundt
ESRI Germany Group, Kranzberg

"The content was conveyed very well!"

Wolfram Harloff
Alliander Stadtlicht GmbH, Berlin

"The speaker manages to convey the topic to his audience and make it understandable for non-business people!"

Antoine Desbordes
Hermes Schleifmittel GmbH, Hamburg

Seminar evaluation for "Crash course in business administration for engineering, technology and natural sciences"

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training content:
4.3
Content comprehensibility:
4.5
Practical relevance:
4.3
Trainer expertise:
4.9
Participant orientation:
4.5
Method variety:
4.3
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Knowledge of business administration is an advantage for executives and managers from all areas of the company. Practical know-how in accounting and business management should not just be reserved for controlling and management. This business administration crash course is ideal for acquiring the relevant knowledge as quickly, practically and thoroughly as possible. In just two days, you will learn all the important basics of business administration in a compact format.

Why business knowledge is important

You don't need to be a car mechanic or engineer to drive a car. But to know how to save fuel with a combustion engine, you need some basic knowledge of engine technology. It is comparable if you acquire business knowledge as a "non-specialist". Nobody is asking you to take on the work of controlling or financial planning. But with a basic knowledge of business administration, it will be easier for you as a manager from another area of the company to understand economic decisions. At the same time, your newly acquired specialist knowledge will enable you to play a greater role in future corporate planning.

Or, as a scientist or engineer, don't you sometimes wish that staff from other areas had more understanding for the content of your work?

Acquire important specialist knowledge now with the business administration crash course! You can find available dates throughout Germany here or take the opportunity to book an in-house course for your entire department.

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8279
€ 1.490,- plus VAT
2 days
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2 days
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05.08.2025
Hamburg
Booking number: 8279
€ 1.490,- plus VAT.
€ 1,773.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Best Western Plus Hotel Böttcherhof
Best Western Plus Hotel Böttcherhof
Wöhlerstr. 2, 22113 Hamburg
Room rate: € 123,55 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
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2 days

Tuesday, 05.08.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Wednesday, 06.08.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
25.09.2025
Live-Online
Booking number: 32083
€ 1.490,- plus VAT.
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Thursday, 25.09.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Friday, 26.09.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

02.12.2025
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Booking number: 32083
€ 1.490,- plus VAT.
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Tuesday, 02.12.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Wednesday, 03.12.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

10.02.2026
Berlin
Booking number: 8279
€ 1.490,- plus VAT.
€ 1,773.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
art`otel Berlin Mitte
art`otel Berlin Mitte
Wallstraße 70-73, 10179 Berlin
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Tuesday, 10.02.2026

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Wednesday, 11.02.2026

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

Fee includes
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  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
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Fee includes
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  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Booking number: 32083
€ 1.490,- plus VAT.
€ 1,773.10 incl. VAT.
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