Contents
Introduction to the topic of business administration
- What does it mean to manage?
- What is the business structure of a company?
- How is a company managed operationally and strategically?
Understanding important terms
- Profitability.
- Economic efficiency.
- Productivity.
- Liquidity.
- Cash flow.
- EBIT.
- Contribution margin.
- Break-Even.
Operational accounting
- As an information and control system.
- Tasks in accounting.
- Introduction based on a self-created "profitability forecast".
- Commercial balance sheet, tax balance sheet, IFRS balance sheet.
Basic principles of financial accounting
- How do you read a balance sheet?
- Source and application of funds.
- Liquidity and planning.
The ABC of cost accounting
- Full cost accounting, partial cost accounting, budgeting and activity-based costing.
- Which key figures are important?
Controlling
- Fundamentals for corporate management.
- Networking tool for financial accounting, cost accounting, planning and statistics.
- The Balanced Scorecard.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
Comprehensive basic knowledge of business administration (BWL) is taught.
This improves the understanding of business processes and their analysis.
It shows how the individual areas of the company are interlinked and which decisions are made on the basis of the accounting figures.
Insight into controlling is provided, making measures easier to understand.
Knowledge of business management tools is taught in order to optimize support for line managers.
Content requests and expectations are asked in advance to ensure that the training is tailored to specific needs.
Methods
Trainer input, case studies, practical exercises, group work, discussion, checklists.
Recommended for
employees from assistance, secretarial and clerical positions with little or no previous knowledge of business administration.
Attendees comments
"Thanks to the small group, every individual question could be dealt with very well!"

"The course content was presented in a very appealing way by the trainer. The complex topic of 'business administration' was conveyed very clearly."

"A training from which I took a lot home with me, thanks to the competent speaker. The training was extremely entertaining and interesting."

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Start dates and details
Thursday, 25.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 26.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Thursday, 13.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 14.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Wednesday, 03.12.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 04.12.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 25.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 26.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Wednesday, 25.03.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 26.03.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Wednesday, 06.05.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 07.05.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 11.06.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 12.06.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Wednesday, 29.07.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 30.07.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 30.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 01.10.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.