Business Management II

Course content

This integrated course provides knowledge in the areas of accounting & cost accounting, the structure of corporate accounting systems, financial accounting and balance sheets, financial statement analysis and cost accounting. The following accounting topics will be addressed in more detail: overview of taxation (practical relevance for sole traders), basics of income and expenditure accounting (practical relevance for sole traders and start-up companies).

Learning outcomes

This module builds on Module BWM1 and provides advanced knowledge in the areas of accounting & cost accounting, the structure of corporate accounting systems, financial accounting and balance sheets, financial statement analysis and cost accounting. The English language skills taught in this module focus on environmentally relevant topics and issues.

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources / tools

Schneider/Dobrovits/Schneider/Grohmann-Steiger: Einführung in die Buchhaltung im Selbststudium, facultas; Bertl/Deutsch-Goldoni/Hirschler: Buchhaltungs- und Bilanzierungshandbuch, LexisNexis; Wagenhofer: Bilanzierung und Bilanzanalyse, Linde; Coennenberg/Fischer/Günther: Kostenrechnung und Kostenanalyse, Schäfer/Poeschel; Powell: incompany 3.0 Upperintermediate, Macmillan; Ibbotson: Cambridge English for Engineers, Cambridge; Brieger & Pohl: Technical English - Vocabulary and Grammar, Summertown publishing; Williams: English for Science and Engineering, Thomson
Journals: BWL: Bilanzbuchhalter und Controller; Zeitschrift für Controlling & Management; Englisch: Spotlight; Business Spotlight

Mode of delivery

ILV

Prerequisites and co-requisites

BWM1

Assessment methods and criteria

Written/oral