BSS Business School

BSS Master Diploma in Strategic Finance and Control

Part I: Business Strategy

  • Strategic Management: An Overview

  • Strategic Management Process

  • Company Mission

  • Analyzing the External Environment

  • Evaluating the Multinational Environment

  • Internal Analysis of the Company

  • Company Culture and Values

  • Formulating Long-term Objectives and Strategy

  • Strategic Analysis and Choice

  • Operationalizing the Strategy

  • Strategy and Structure

  • Resource Management and Control

  • The Value Chain and Competitive Advantage

  • The Value Chain and Generic Strategies

  • Managing Change

  • Challenges for the 21st Century

Part II: Financial Strategy

  • Overview of Financial Strategy

  • Valuing Real Assets in the Presence of Risk

  • Capital Allocation and Strategy

  • Real Options

  • Capital Structure Decisions

  • Effect of Taxes on Financing Choices

  • Dividend Policy

  • Capital Structure and Corporate Strategy

  • Information Asymmetry and the Securities Markets

  • Financial Decisions and Managerial Incentives

  • Financial Distress and Restructuring

  • Industry Analysis, Financial Policies and Strategies

  • Environment, Governance and Strategy

  • Risk Management and Corporate Strategy

  • Enterprise Risk Management

Part III: Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Mergers and Acquisitions – An Overview

  • Maximization of Shareholder Value

  • Mergers and Acquisitions: Different Forms

  • Methods of Valuation of Firms

  • Theories of Mergers

  • Sell Offs and Divestitures

  • Modalities of Payment

  • Joint Ventures

  • Going Private and Leveraged Buyouts

  • ESOPs and MLPs

  • International Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Takeover Models

  • Buyback of Shares and Exchange Offers

  • Takeover Defenses

  • Mergers and Acquisitions - Regulatory Control

Part IV: Management Control Systems

  • Management Control: Meaning and Purpose

  • Key Success Variables as Control Indicators

  • Designing Management Control Systems

  • Goals, Strategies and Control

  • Organization Structure for Effective Control Systems

  • Budget as an Instrument of Control

  • Transfer Pricing

  • Management Control of Operations

  • Continuous Improvement Methods

  • Corporate Audit

  • Analyzing Performance Reports and Reward Systems

  • Information Systems for Management Control

  • Management Control of Development Programs and Cooperative Societies

  • Control of Service Organizations

  • Control of Multinational Organizations

  • Management Control of Projects

  • Ethical Dimensions of Management Control