Course content
The subject matter of the course reflects all relevant aspects of general management and international management consulting, ranging from management consulting principles to the individual phases of the consulting process to strategic management consulting. Continuous updating and further development of the subject matter is ensured. The Course Committee offers the students the opportunity to participate actively in the implementation and further development of the course. The Advisory Board, consisting of executives from consulting firms, contributes to the updating and further development of the studies offered.
Introduction to international management consulting
- Trends in international consulting markets
- Basic introduction to international project design in consulting
- Internationalisation of activities of a company as consulting product
- Relevance of international management and intercultural communication for internationally operating consulting companies
Management of consulting firms (4 days)
- Strategic management
- Organisation
- Human resource management
- Financial management
- Operations
- Quality management
Consulting process and marketing for consulting (10 days)
- Consulting services marketing and assignment acquisition
- Realisation and quality control
- Examples
Legal aspects of management consulting (2 days)
- Legal structures of consulting firms
- Legal aspects of the client-consulting relationship
- Legal aspects of international consulting activities
- International legal aspects
Communication skills in consulting (6 days)
- Techniques of negotiation and presentation
- Moderating techniques and conflict management
- Intercultural communication
Psychology in consulting (2 days)
- Psychology of the management of consulting teams
- Psychological aspects of the client-consultant relationship
Fundamentals of general business studies and economics (4 days)
- Overview of the business functions in companies
- External and internal accounting and controlling
- Investment and financial management
- Economics for consultants
Ethics in consulting (2 days)
- Business and consulting ethics
Scientific methods (2 days)
- Content and methods of research
- Use of scientific information
Foreign language (8 days)
- German
MBA-IMC®: Areas of consulting / problem-solving methods (20 days)
- Strategy consulting
- Organisational & business diagnosis
- Restructuring and turnarounds
- Business process reengineering, cost management
- Value chain consulting (supply chain management, marketing consulting)
- IT-consulting and e-business consulting
- Change management, knowledge management
- Development consulting
- Current consulting concepts and trends
* The accreditation of the MBA-IMC® programme is based on the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). According to the ECTS our programme has a total of 90 ECTS credits (including 20 credits for the MBA-dissertation).
