Language
  • English
Format
  • Full time
Start date
  • February
  • September
Location
  • Maastricht
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International Business - Managerial Decision-Making and Control

This specialisation focuses on managerial decision-making and control, preparing students for strategic roles in business decisions, performance management, and situation analysis. It combines management, accounting, and business decision-making skills.

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Why this programme

Many CEOs and CFOs in large companies have a background in Controlling. Why? Because Controlling is about making the big decisions. Being a Controller means having an overview of business situations, understanding the accounts on the one hand and the managerial side on the other. Controllers are often compared to the navigators on a ship; they know where the ship is and where it needs to go. They play a major role in profitability, analysis, performance evaluation and the viability of mergers and acquisitions.

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Student profile

People skills are vital in Controlling, along with an innate curiosity about the relationship between people and management in a business. You should work well in a team and be a critical thinker. Mathematics and quantitative skills are a definite plus, though high achievement in any bachelor’s degree is more important. Controllers are problem-solvers, so experience working in a team on problem-oriented situations is indispensible.