Cost Management

Brief description

• Budgeting and planning • Integrated budgets (budgeted P&L, budgeted cash flow statement, Budgeted balance sheet) • Cost volume profit analysis for single and multi-product companies • Cost analysis and cost control • Detailed analysis on company level, cost centre level and product level • Various cost management approaches (target costing, product life cycle costing, activity-based costing) • Project cost control, • Internal cost allocation • Cost based and market-based transfer prices

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Wala/Haslehner/Hirsch: Kostenrechnung, Budgetierung and Kostenmanagement, Linde, latest edition

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Face-to-face learning (input, discussions, written individual and group activities, short presentations of solutions in class), written tests in class

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment: 30 points can be obtained through participation in class (mini tests, homework, online quizzes) and 70 points through a written final exam.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Management and Investment Decisions, Cost Accounting and Budgeting

Infos

Degree programme

European Economy & Business Management (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2026

Semester

4 SS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of this course, students can • systematically analyse the cost structures and costing process of a company • prepare an integrated budget • draw up reports on cost variations • evaluate the application of various cost management tools • assess the consequences of different transfer price regimes • help develop constructive, strategy-based recommendations for a sustainable improvement of the costing process.

Course code

0389-20-01-BB-DE-45a