ECTS
120 credits
Duration
1 or 2 years
Training structure
Montpellier Management
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The Master's in Management Control and Decision-Making Information Systems (CGSID) is a course within the national Management Control and Organizational Audit (CGAO) program (decree of February 4, 2014).
This Master's program trains students for careers in management control, organizational management, and decision-making information systems management.
100%*
Success rate
The advantages of the training program
Objectives
The Master's in Management Control and Decision Support Systems has multiple objectives:
- Mastering advanced concepts and techniques in management control
- Knowing how to design management control system architectures
- Mastering the tools and techniques for analyzing, calculating, and presenting numerical data for the collection, processing, analysis, and communication of the company's technical, social, and financial data.
- Master managerial communication techniques and be able to communicate, lead, and organize activities in the areas of budget management, steering, and reporting.
International dimension
At Montpellier Management, you have the opportunity to study abroad atone of our 65 partner universities in more than 25 countries.
Discover all the testimonials from our students who have gone abroad
Organization
Knowledge assessment
*Success rate in M2 2024-2025 (admitted / number of students with an average > 7)
Open alternately
The M1 and M2 are organized on an alternating basis as part of traditional initial training and apprenticeships, promoting the optimal acquisition of theoretical and professional knowledge.
Internships, supervised projects
Find all the useful information about internships onthis page.
Program
MASTER 1
SEMESTER 1 (30 ECTS)
UE1 – Fundamentals of Management Control and Organizational Auditing (7 ECTS)
Management Control and Organizational Audit (4 ECTS)
Management Mathematics and Statistics (3 ECTS)
UE2 – Corporate Management Environment (7 ECTS)
Business English (3 ECTS)
Strategic Management (4 ECTS)
UE3 – Legal and Financial Environment of the Company (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 Concepts and Techniques in Management Control (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)
UE6 – Accounting and Financial Environment of the Company (6 ECTS)
Advanced Financial Accounting (3 ECTS)
Cash Management (3 ECTS)
UE7 – Concepts and techniques of auditing and internal control (3 ECTS)
UE8 – Introduction to the professional world (11 ECTS)
Professional experience and thesis (4 ECTS)
CIMA training (course in English) (3 ECTS)
Business English (3 ECTS)
Operational decision-making tools (1 ECTS)
EU Optional
Student involvement
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MASTER 2
SEMESTER 1 (30 ECTS)
UE1 – Analyzing, aligning, and steering strategy (8 ECTS)
Control and strategy
Management control and strategic contingency
Leading and driving change in organizations
Conferences
UE2 – Financial and Non-Financial Performance (6 ECTS)
Financial performance
Reporting
UE3 – Analyzing and interpreting group accounts in IFRS (5 ECTS)
Consolidation International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (course in English)
UE4 – Information Systems Management (6 ECTS)
IS Urbanization and Management (course in English)
VBA Programming
Data Analysis and Visualization
Integrated Management Software Packages (SAP)
UE5 – Management Control and Digital Technology (5 ECTS)
Database querying
Strategic data management (Big Data, AI, etc.)
Management and leadership 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)
Management control in banking
Management control in sales
Industrial management control
Social management control
Conferences
UE8 – Environmental and Societal Management Control (5 ECTS)
Promoting ethical and responsible behavior
Sustainable management control
Sustainable balanced scorecard – Performance measurement
CSRD and non-financial reporting
Environmental and societal management accounting
UE9 – Mastering audit and risk management processes (3 ECTS)
Audit and risk management
Operational audit
Enterprise 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 (course in English) (3 ECTS)
Grand Oral (3 ECTS)
Thesis (7 ECTS)
Optional EU
Student engagement
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Master's 1
Master's degree
Admission
Admission requirements
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Registration procedures
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And after
Professional integration
- Industrial management controller
- Social management controller
- Commercial management controller
- Management controller in the public sector
- Cost Analyst
- Management Controller in an ERP Environment
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Financial Officer in small and medium-sized enterprises