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 45 partner universities in 20 countries.
Discover all the testimonials from our students who have gone abroad
Organization
Knowledge assessment
*Success rate in M2 2023-2024 (admitted / number of students with an average > 7)
Open alternately
The M1 and M2 are organized on an alternating basisas part of traditional initial training and apprenticeships, promoting the optimal acquisition of theoretical and professional knowledge.
Classes begin in early September and alternate between two weeks at the university and two weeks at a company.
From mid-April onwards, students in traditional initial training and apprenticeship programs are in full-time training facilities.
Internships, supervised projects
Find all the useful information about the M1 internship onthis page.
Find all the useful information about the M2 internship on this 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)
- Mathematics and Management 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
- Sport
- Committed student
- Internship
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)
- Data analysis and modeling
- 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)
- Banking activity management control
- Commercial activity management control
- 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 social management accounting
UE9 – Mastering audit and risk management processes (3 ECTS)
- Audit and risk management
- Operational audit
- Fraud management company
UE10 – Development and integration of highly specialized knowledge (14 ECTS)
- Knowing how to communicate
- Serious game – ESG and sustainability (1 ECTS)
- Case Study Management – CIMA (course in English) (3 ECTS)
- Oral exam (3 ECTS)
- Thesis (7 ECTS)
Optional EU
- Committed student
- Internship
Select a program
Master's 1
Information systems and decision support tools
7 creditsCorporate management environment
7 creditsStrategic management
27hBusiness English
3 credits27h
Fundamentals of management control and organizational auditing
7 creditsLegal and financial environment of the company
9 creditsOptional
Opening up to the professional world
11 creditsCIMA training
3 credits24hBusiness English
3 credits24hProfessional experience and thesis
4 creditsOperational decision support tools
1 credit12hM1 CGSID Internship
M1 CGSID Supervised project
Audit and internal control concepts and techniques
3 creditsAdvanced concepts and techniques in management control
10 creditsAccounting and financial environment of the company
6 creditsOptional
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