Economics - Management

Management Control and Decision-making Information Systems (CGSID)

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    1 or 2 years

  • Training structure

    Montpellier Management

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

The Master's degree in Management Control and Decision-making Information Systems (CGSID) is part of the national Management Control and Organizational Audit (CGAO) specialization (decree of February 4, 2014).

This Master's degree prepares students for careers in management control, organizational steering and management of decision-making information systems.

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  • 100%*

    Success rates

Objectives

The objectives of the Master's degree in Management Control and Decision-making Information Systems are manifold:

  • Master advanced management control concepts and techniques 
  • Designing management control system architectures
  • Master the tools and techniques for analyzing, calculating and presenting numerical data, with a view to collecting, processing, analyzing and communicating the company's technical, social and financial data. 
  • Master managerial communication techniques and be able to communicate, lead and organize activities in the field of budget management, steering and reporting.

 

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International dimension

At Montpellier Management, you have the opportunity to study abroad inone of 45 partner universities in 20 countries.

Discover all our international partner universities

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Organization

Knowledge control

*Success rate in M2 2023-2024 (admitted / number of students with an average > 7)

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Open on a sandwich basis

The M1 and M2 programs are organized on a sandwich basis within the framework of traditional initial training and apprenticeships, to ensure optimum acquisition of theoretical and professional knowledge.

Courses start at the beginning of September and alternate 2 weeks at the University and 2 weeks in the company.

From mid-April onwards, students in conventional initial training and apprenticeship schemes are in the host structures on a full-time basis.

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Internships, tutored projects

Find out more about the M1 internship on this page.

Find out all you need to know about M2 internships on this page.

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Program

MASTER 1

SEMESTER 1 (30 ECTS)

UE1 - Fundamentals of management control and organizational audit (7 ECTS)

  • Management control and organizational audit (4 ECTS)
  • Management mathematics and statistics (3 ECTS)

UE2 - Managerial environment (7 ECTS)

  • Business English (3 ECTS)
  • Strategic management (4 ECTS)

UE3 - Legal and financial environment (9 ECTS)

  • Corporate finance (course in English) (3 ECTS)
  • Business valuation (3 ECTS)
  • Tax law (3 ECTS)

UE4 - Information systems and decision support tools (7 ECTS)

  • Operational decision-making tools (3 ECTS)
  • Information systems management (4 ECTS)

SEMESTER 2 (30 ECTS)

UE5 - Advanced management control concepts and techniques (10 ECTS)

  • Management control, organization and governance (3 ECTS)
  • Management control system (course in English) (3 ECTS)
  • Advanced Management Accounting (course in English) (3 ECTS)
  • Introduction to research in management control and auditing (1 ECTS)

EU6 - Accounting and financial environment (6 ECTS)

  • In-depth financial accounting (3 ECTS)
  • Cash Management (3 ECTS)

UE7 - Audit and internal control concepts and techniques (3 ECTS)

UE8 - Opening onto the professional world (11 ECTS)

  • Professional experience and dissertation (4 ECTS)
  • CIMA training (course in English) (3 ECTS)
  • Business English (3 ECTS)
  • Operational decision-making tools (1 ECTS)

Optional UE

  • Sport
  • Committed student
  • Internship

 

MASTER 2

SEMESTER 1 (30 ECTS)

UE1 - Analyze, align and manage strategy (8 ECTS)

  • Control and strategy
  • Management control and strategic contingency
  • Leading change in organizations
  • Conferences

UE2 - Financial and non-financial performance (6 ECTS)

  • Financial performance
  • Reporting

EU3 - Analyzing and interpreting group financial statements under IFRS (5 ECTS)

  • Consolidation
  • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (course in English)

UE4 - Information systems management (6 ECTS)

  • IS Urbanisation and Management (course in English)
  • Data analysis and modeling
  • Data analysis and visualization
  • Enterprise resource planning (SAP)

UE5 - Management control and digital (5 ECTS)

  • Querying databases
  • Strategic data management (BigData, AI, etc.)
  • Management and steering in the digital age

SEMESTER 2 (30 ECTS)

UE6 - Process management (4 ECTS)

  • Quality management
  • Supply Chain Management (course in English)
  • Project management

UE7 - Performance management (4 ECTS)

  • Banking management control
  • Controlling sales activity
  • Industrial Controlling
  • Social Controlling
  • Conferences

UE8 - Environmental and social management control (5 ECTS)

  • Promoting ethical and responsible behavior
  • Sustainable management control
  • Sustainable balanced scorecard - Performance measurement
  • CSRD and extra-financial reporting
  • Environmental and social management accounting

UE9 - Mastering audit and risk management processes (3 ECTS)

  • Audit and risk management
  • Operational audit
  • Company fraud management

UE10 - Development and integration of highly specialized knowledge (14 ECTS)

  • Communication skills
  • Serious game - ESG and sustainability (1 ECTS)
  • Case Study Management - CIMA (3 ECTS)
  • Grand oral (3 ECTS)
  • Dissertation (7 ECTS)

Optional EU

  • Committed student
  • Internship
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Select a program

  • Information systems and decision-support tools

    7 credits
    • Operational decision-making tools

      3 credits27h
    • Information systems management

  • Managerial environment

    7 credits
    • Strategic management

      27h
    • Business English

      3 credits27h
  • Fundamentals of management control and organizational auditing

    7 credits
  • Legal and financial environment

    9 credits
  • Optional

    • Optional sport

  • Opening up to the professional world

    11 credits
    • CIMA training

      3 credits24h
    • Business English

      3 credits24h
    • Professional experience and dissertation

      4 credits
    • Operational decision-making tools

      1 credits12h
    • M1 CGSID Internship

    • M1 CGSID Tutored project

  • Audit and internal control concepts and techniques

    3 credits
  • Advanced management control concepts and techniques

    10 credits
    • Management control system

      24h
    • Advanced Management Accounting

      24h
    • Management control, organization and governance

      24h
    • Introduction to research in management control and auditing

  • Accounting and financial environment

    6 credits
    • In-depth financial accounting

      24h
    • Cash Management

      24h
  • Optional

    • Optional sport

    • M1 CGSID Optional internship

Admission

Access conditions

Consult the conditions of access to the Master in Management Control and Decision-making Information Systems on this page.

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How to register

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And then

Professional integration

  • Industrial management controller
  • Social controller
  • Commercial management controller
  • Management controller in the public sector
  • Cost analyst
  • Management controller in ERP environment
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer for VSEs and SMEs
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