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                                        B5 
                                        Marketing, Accounting and Finance
                                     
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                                        Course code: 181778
                                    
		 
                                    
			
                                        Language of instruction: English
                                    
		 
                                    
			
                                        Duration of the course: 30 days (270h)
                                    
		 
                                    
			
                                        Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dirk Linowski (Steinbeis University Berlin)
                                    
		 
                                    
			
                                        Assessment: Written Exam Transfer Paper
                                    
		 
                                    
			
                                        Credit points: 6 CPs
                                    
		 
                                    
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                                        Short description
                                     
                                    This module provides an introduction to the broad scope of managers' activities. Both financial and managerial accounting will be presented along with  analytical and practical tools essential for value-based management. Techniques and instruments related with defining critical marketing strategies will aslo be tackeld. This will allow the attendees to be able to evaluate a corporation's major strategic and investment decisions from a financial perspective, without forgetting the global picture and the customer's point of view.
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                                        Objectives
                                     
                                    This module aims to convey the basis for an adequate understanding, analysis and communication of the information provided in finance and accounting. In addition to this financial part, participants also get an insight about marketing strategies, allowing them to assess and grab opportunities while having an overview of the whole business scope. Beyond this financial and sociological knowledge, the participants are expected to be able to rely on a scientific methodology and argumentation while communicating (both oral and written) with their peers or stakeholders  
                                    
                                        Target Attendees / Participants
                                     
                                    Students of Steinbeis Master of International Business and Risk Engineering 
                                    
                                        Course Content by Units
                                     
                                    Marketing Management-influencing consumer's behavior 
Marketing Strategy and Planning 
Distribution and Sales Management 
Budgetary process and related performance evaluation techniques 
Activity Based Costing (ABC) 
Cost-volume-profit relationship 
Asset valuation 
Risk and return paradigm 
Capital budgeting 
Financing 
Derivatives 
Literature- and electronic research 
Procurement and assessment of the literature 
Scientific argumentation and interdisciplinary aspects  
                                    
                                        Teaching Methods
                                     
                                    This module will be taught through a mix of cases, discussions, lectures, individual assignments, and group projects. 
  
                                    
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