ECTS
60 credits
Duration
1 year
Training structure
Institute of Business Administration (IAE)
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The Information Systems and Management Control (ISMC) program aims to train students to become management controllers. Professional integration is achieved through several missions/internships in companies throughout the two years, allowing students to combine theoretical knowledge with practical problem solving.
The training is both focused on the management dimension of the profession (steering) and on the information systems dimension, with practical experience on ERP (SAP) and Business Intelligence software (Qlikview, Business Object, SAP Predictive Analysis).
The holder of a Master's degree in Information Systems and Management Control will have the necessary expertise to design and run Management Control Systems.
Objectives
At the end of this Master's degree, students will be able to access high-level management positions in charge of designing and leading management control systems in all types of organizations where the technological environment is rapidly evolving: market or non-market organizations of all sizes, industrial, commercial or service, public or private.
Know-how and skills
Know-how:
Development and implementation of management and monitoring tools, reporting - Process management - Cost breakdown and calculation - Budget design, monitoring and variance analysis - IS skills: expert spreadsheet (TOSA), databases, ERP - Data analysis - Knowledge of the company's businesses/functioning - Good command of English.
Professional skills:
Good interpersonal skills (ability to dialogue with different types of contacts) - Availability and strong work capacity - Organizational and planning skills,
ability to anticipate and react quickly - Ability to self-train (regular changes in technologies and standards) - Ability to synthesize - Curiosity and critical mind - Persuasiveness, ability to make one's point of view heard.
Program
The M1 is composed of two semesters. The first semester is a common core with the other courses of the IAE. The specialization in CISG is done in the second semester.
Admission
Conditions of access
The first semester of M1 is a common core with the other IAE courses for 5 of the 6 semester units.
Specialization in SICG takes place in the second semester.
Students with a management, science or technical background, holding 180 ECTS, corresponding to three years of higher education (Bac + 3, Licence, business schools).
https://iae.umontpellier.fr/fr/formations/m1-systeme-information-et-controle-gestion
How to register
For the M1 and M2 programs, recruitment takes place in 2 stages:
►Admissibility: selections based on portfolio
►Admissibility: written tests (essay and/or case study) + individual interview
► https://iae.umontpellier.fr/fr/formations/m2-systeme-information-et-controle-gestion
Target audience
Access to M1:
Students with a management, science or technical background.
Necessary pre-requisites
Access in M1 :
Students with 180 ECTS, corresponding to three years of higher education (Bac+3, Licence, business schools).
And then
Further studies
The student has the possibility of continuing his studies with a doctorate in management sciences.
Professional integration
►Management controller in all types of organizations, in ERP or non-ERP environments
►Financial and administrative director of organizations