Why choose this program?
Financial management that balances behavior and value
This module is designed to increase your insight and ability to analyze, design, and apply financial control mechanisms. You will work on the following learning objectives:
Understanding financial information as a management tool: you will understand how reports, budgets, and other financial information are tools for influencing behavior and decision-making within organizations.
Cost allocation and decision-making: you can apply different cost allocation systems (including Activity-Based Costing) and assess their implications for pricing, investments, and management decisions.
Transfer pricing and internal settlement mechanisms: you will analyze and evaluate structures for internal transfer prices in complex organizations and see how these choices influence behavior, collaboration, and performance.
Recognizing tensions between management objectives: you recognize tensions between profitability, collaboration, customer value, compliance, and social objectives, and can analyze them from both a financial and strategic perspective.
KPIs and behavior: you will learn how performance indicators drive behavior and collaboration, and you will be able to make proposals to better align KPI structures with the organization's strategic goals.
Working capital and long-term value creation: you apply insights from working capital management and decentralized control to your own practice and learn to balance short-term results with sustainable value creation.
What will the program bring you?
Sharper financial compass: better insight into cost allocation, margins, working capital, and the value drivers behind the figures.
Control mechanisms that work: Designing KPIs, internal transfer prices, and compensation structures and assessing their behavioral effects.
Directly applicable analyses and tools: calculation models, cases, and formats that you can immediately apply to your own organization and reports.
Grow as a strategic finance partner: become a stronger discussion partner for management and business on performance, incentives, and sustainable value creation.
What makes this master module unique?
- Impact in 6 weeks: the mix of online kick-off, three on-campus days, targeted self-study, and working on your own case study provides insights that you can immediately apply in your work environment.
- Academic & recognized: 4 ECTS as a microcredential with digital badge; part of an accredited master's degree and stackable if you want to continue your studies.
- Top lecturers from academia and practice: TIAS professors and experienced experts from the field combine analytical depth with realistic cases, so that theory and practice reinforce each other.
- Blended & small-scale: intensive coaching and peer dialogue in a compact group; what you explore online, you bring to life on campus with cases and simulations.
- Rich learning experience with peers: you will learn in a compact group of like-minded professionals, exchange experiences, and enrich your case with concrete practical insights.
Why choose TIAS School for Business and Society?
Learn at TIAS
Do you want to create more impact on your organization and on society?
- Tailor your training and learning path to your learning needs and organizational issues
- Learn a lot and quickly through frequent interaction
- Get in when you want and learn at your own pace, both online and on-site
- Get the most out of yourself and your available time through individual attention, personal contact and small group discussions.
We are a business school with an unparalleled level of personal contact, so that every participant benefits from individual attention. From one-on-one mentoring to small group discussions, we prioritize personalized interactions, fostering a unique and enriching learning experience tailored to each participant's needs and current organizational issues.