Distance learning course Certified Management Assistant

Optimal boss relief - your toolbox for the practice

Correspondence course
This distance learning course is held in German.
The role of a management assistant has evolved: Today, you’re a project coordinator, communications expert, and strategic partner manager—all in one. With this part-time distance learning course, you’ll gain the specialized knowledge you need for this responsible role: business administration, project management, HR Management, law, and communication—all presented in a practical, flexible, and immediately applicable way. Upon completion of the distance learning course, you’ll receive a certificate of participation. If you decide to take the exam, you’ll receive a graded certificate and be ready to take the next steps in your career.

The distance learning course "Certified Management Assistant" has been tested and approved by the State Central Agency for Distance Learning (ZFU) in Cologne under the number 7203209.

Module
Management assistance: The role and professional development
Management assistance: The role and professional development

Author: Karen Nanninga

  • The changing role - expectations of management assistance.
  • Your skills for today and tomorrow.
  • Proactively design tasks and develop added value.
  • Change of perspective and "big picture" - broaden your horizons.
  • Define and achieve goals: Implementation through a structured approach.
Module
Competent in assistance
Competent in assistance

Authors: Karen Nanninga , Stefan Kemser

  • From company goals to assistant goals, from the manager's priorities to your tasks.
  • Optimum relief for managers: prerequisites for effective collaboration.
  • Key technical, methodological and social skills.
  • Conscious change of roles - different roles in assistance.
  • What actually is leadership? Know the leadership style of the:supervisor.
  • Delegate convincingly without being a superior.
  • Which tasks to delegate? What motivates people?
  • Dealing with resistance: What to do when things get difficult?
Module
Strategy and corporate management
Strategy and corporate management

Author: Martin Mösch

  • What motivates the management?
  • Strategic principles and their significance.
  • From strategy to implementation.
  • Operational planning and control.
  • Management decision-making processes.
  • How do organizations develop?
Module
Self-management: priorities, goals and time
Self-management: priorities, goals and time

Author: Cordula Nussbaum

  • Set and pursue your own goals.
  • Correct use of time.
  • Set priorities.
  • Structure workflows.
  • Time management: disruptive factors, time thieves and co.
  • The art of self-motivation.
  • Tips against stress.
E-learning
Read, understand, remember
Read, understand, remember

Are you tired of wading through endless emails, instant messages, and documents without really knowing where to start? It doesn't have to be that way anymore! In this e-learning course, learn the techniques you need to efficiently process the vast amount of information and news that comes our way every day and stay on top of it all.

 

Module
Project management for assistance
Project management for assistance

Author: Sabine Peipe

  • Basics of project management.
  • Project phases: From planning to successful project completion.
  • Your contribution to projects: various roles.
  • People in the project: cooperation, communication and conflict management.
  • Leadership and motivation.
  • Practical transfer: Case study.
Module
marketing for assistance
marketing for assistance

Author: Cordula Nussbaum

  • Basics of marketing: tasks and instruments.
  • What marketing communication tools are there?
  • The successful marketing: product, price, distribution and communication policy.
  • Den:Knowing and understanding the customer .
  • Market research: tasks, methods and tools.
  • PR: public relations.
Module
HR Management for assistants
HR Management for assistants

Authors: Dr. Christoph Röhrs , Heike Höf-Bausenwein

  • Fundamentals of modern HR Management.
  • Personnel planning and recruitment.
  • Personnel selection and applicant management: Evaluation of application documents. Preparing for job interviews and selection procedures.
  • Personnel support, personnel development.
  • Social services: Maternity protection, parental leave, severely disabled persons.
  • Employment law: From recruitment to dismissal.
  • Fundamentals of the employment contract.
  • Important laws and effects on practice.
Module
Business administration and controlling for assistants
Business administration and controlling for assistants

Author: Martin Mösch

  • Understand important terms: Profitability, cash flow, EBIT, contribution margin.
  • Company accounting: Commercial balance sheet, tax balance sheet, IFRS balance sheet.
  • The basics of financial accounting: How do you read a balance sheet?
  • The ABC of cost accounting.
  • Controlling as a management tool in the company.
  • Important controlling tools.
  • Practical transfer for the assistant: competent support for the:supervisor.
Module
Commercial law for assistants
Commercial law for assistants

Author: Stefan-Marc Rehm

  • Legal certainty for the assistant.
  • What you need to know about contracts.
  • Retention obligations.
  • Internet and law.
  • The right way to deal with GTCs.
  • Powers of attorney: Differences between "i. A." and "i. V.".
  • Rights and duties of the assistant when the boss is away from home.
  • Default and extrajudicial reminder.
Module
Confident and goal-oriented communication
Confident and goal-oriented communication

Author: Silke Humez

  • Communicate confidently: verbally and non-verbally.
  • The right way to deal with feedback.
  • So you can say no effectively.
  • Professional interviewing.
  • Argue confidently and successfully.
  • Strategies for difficult situations.
  • Uncover and resolve conflicts.
  • Successful presentations: from mental preparation to a successful performance.
Online seminars
5 online seminars included
5 online seminars included
  • In-Depth Session: Self-Management (60 min.)
  • Advanced Course: Business Administration and Controlling for Assistants (60 min.)
  • In-Depth Session: AI in Assistive Technology (60 min.)
  • Advanced Course: Creativity Techniques (4 hours)
  • Exam preparation
Online seminars
Additional content
Additional content
  • Audiobook "Asserting yourself"
  • Individual phone

Flexible continuing education—anytime, anywhere.

  • 18months of access:No time pressure—you set the pace.  
  • Print & Digital:Learn anytime and flexibly—with your printed and digital learning materials.  
  • Optional online seminars:Expand your knowledge live with experts.  

 

    Your all-inclusive package – guided from start to finish

    • Get started right away: Access all course content online as soon as the course begins. We’ll mail your printed study materials to you.   
    • Always supported: e-mail, interactive quizzes, and regularly updated content.   
    • Learn together: Join the learning community to ask questions and join study groups.   

    Your benefit

    • In-depth expertise in business administration, project management, HR Management law—you understand how businesses work and provide confident, competent support to executives.

    • Up-to-date practical knowledge in executive assistance and office management—ready to apply in your day-to-day work.

    • Strong soft skills in self-management, time management, and communication—you act with confidence, in a structured and professional manner in every situation.

    • A recognized certificate as a Certified Management Assistant—official proof of competence that opens the door to more career opportunities.

    Certificate available:

    Earn your graded certificate from the Haufe Akademie by taking an online exam immediately after completing your distance learning course to become a Certified Management Assistant. The exam is already included in this distance learning course and can be accessed once you have successfully completed all course content. It consists of 2 parts:

    1. Online Exam (Duration: 2 hours)
    2. Transfer Assignment (Processing Time: 14 days)

    Tool

    The following third-party tool can be used in the event:

    Recommended for

    • newcomers career changers who want to gain hands-on experience in management assistance, office management, or administrative work.

    • Support staff and secretarial staff who would like to refresh or expand their expertise in business administration, project management, HR Management, law, and communication.

    • Executive assistants and office managers who want to take on more responsibility and provide competent support to executives.

    • Business professionals and emerging leaders who wish to demonstrate their skills as certified management assistants and strategically enhance their career opportunities.

    Distance learning with Haufe Akademie:
    Flexible further education ‐ when and where you want!

    Haufe Akademie's distance learning courses offer you maximum flexibility for your professional development. They include self-study phases with modern e-learning elements and thus guarantee your learning success.

    Distance learning with Haufe Akademie:
    Flexible further education ‐ when and where you want!

    Flexible: You learn independently of time and place

    Practice-oriented: Comprehensive knowledge, prepared for you with practical relevance

    Up to date: The content in your personal online learning environment is updated on an ongoing basis.

    Success confirmed: A certificate of attendance and a badge confirm your participation and the high quality of the course content

    Individual: On request, we can extend the access time to all course content free of charge.

    Open Badges - Show what you can do digitally too.

    Open Badges are recognized, digital certificates of participation. These verifiable credentials are the current standard for integration in career networks such as LinkedIn.

    With them, you digitally demonstrate the competences you possess. After successful completion, you will receive an Open Badge from us.

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    30305
    € 1.990,- plus VAT
    approx. 70 hours
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    Available for 18 months
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    Ratings and feedback from our participants

    4.7
    73 Ratings
    training content:
    4.6
    Content comprehensibility:
    4.8
    Practical relevance:
    4.4
    Trainer expertise:
    4.9
    Participant orientation:
    4.8
    Method variety:
    4.7
    ST
    Sabine Tirolf
    Confirmed participation
    EnBW Kernkraft GmbH, Philippsburg
    I felt very well looked after, I could reach a contact person at any time and any questions I had were answered to my complete satisfaction. I particularly liked the fact that I was able to organize my time freely and tailor the content to my needs.
    HM
    Heike Marczalek
    Confirmed participation
    entero AG, 65760 Eschborn
    The course was well prepared and easy to understand. It also addressed and covered a wide range of topics. I was given many tools that I use in my daily work. In addition, I also learned things that are useful for my everyday life and are beneficial to my general knowledge.
    CV
    Claudia Voigt
    Confirmed participation
    Omniga GmbH & Co. KG, 93051 Regensburg
    I was able to learn individually on the distance learning course and didn't have to stick to set times. I appreciate this flexibility and you can achieve your goal very well with your own learning methods.
    NF
    Nadine Franzke
    Confirmed participation
    Blohm & Voss Repair GmbH, Hamburg
    I have gained a complete overview of the possibilities for shaping my role. The content I learned helps me to manage my work every day. I have also discovered new development opportunities for myself through the course.
    MH
    Michaela Hofmann
    Confirmed participation
    Sterigenics Germany GmbH, 65203 Wiesbaden
    I have learned a lot of new things and feel better prepared for my daily tasks in my role as an assistant. I have already been able to apply and pass on some of my newly acquired knowledge.
    LS
    Lamberth Stefanie
    Confirmed participation
    B & Q activ GmbH, Karlsruhe
    I thought the lessons were great. Everything was explained well and there were always good examples. The topics were business-related and can be used in everyday business life.
    SP
    Sonja Pfeiffer
    Confirmed participation
    Kleusberg GmbH & Co. KG, Knowledge
    It was a great course and I was able to take away a lot of knowledge from the individual lessons! Thank you very much.
    MR
    Miriam Moya y Rius
    Confirmed participation
    Erfurt
    The course delivers what it promises! The lessons are well structured, easy to read, well presented and always a good reference work. Providing the lessons as a PDF is great, so I was able to learn and look them up on the go, compressed on my iPad.
    HF
    Helena Frommert
    Confirmed participation
    Aurubis AG, Hamburg
    I really enjoyed the course, I really feel that I am better qualified as a result. My knowledge was also deepened in many areas. The overall review of the distance learning course is very positive.
    What Our Participants Say
    Participants consistently give positive feedback: The distance learning course delivers on its promises and has provided them with new knowledge in many areas as well as practical tools for their day-to-day work. Respondents particularly emphasize the practical benefits—several participants report that they were able to directly incorporate the content into their daily work or pass it on to others.

    Many highlight the flexibility of the distance learning format as a major advantage: learning without fixed schedules, at their own pace, and—thanks to PDF lessons—even on the go. The support provided is also praised—contact persons were always available and answered questions satisfactorily. According to the feedback, the lessons are clearly structured, easy to understand, and also serve as a useful reference guide.

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    01.10.2026
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    approx. 70 hours

    Partial payments are possible for this training event .

    You will receive the first partial invoice on the start date and the subsequent invoices every 4 weeks.

    1st partial invoice:
    €663.33 plus VAT
    €789.36 including VAT
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    01.11.2026
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    01.12.2026
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    approx. 70 hours

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    1st partial invoice:
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    01.01.2027
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    01.03.2027
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    €789.36 including VAT
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    Booking number: 30305
    € 1.990,- plus VAT.
    € 2,368.10 incl. VAT.
    Plan course
    approx. 70 hours

    Partial payments are possible for this training event .

    You will receive the first partial invoice on the start date and the subsequent invoices every 4 weeks.

    1st partial invoice:
    €663.33 plus VAT
    €789.36 including VAT
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    €663.33 plus VAT
    €789.36 incl. VAT
    3. Partial invoice:
    €663.33 plus VAT
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