
Specialisation in Management Control
To practise the best possible management, take the best possible decisions and increase the value creation in your company require both accounting and analytic skills.
About the programme
- ECTS Credits
- 90
- Degree
- Master of Business Administration
- Application period
- Vacant student places. Please contact us
- Study start
- September 21st 2023

The specialisation in Management Control gives a detailed introduction to how accounting, financial instruments, strategic analyses and other tools, including technology and digitisation, can be used to increase value creation in businesses. The core EMBA topics are combined with a specific focus on accounting and analytical skills, to enable students to make the best possible value creation decisions for their organisations.
Throughout your studies, you will also work with specific problems related to your own business.
The specialisation intends to
- give the students research-based knowledge of financial management, leadership, organisation, finance, accounting, marketing, strategy, international economy, innovation, digitalisation, ethics etc.
- give the students good analytical skills within fields such as strategic analysis, profitability analysis, financial statement analysis, investment analysis, valuation etc.
- give the candidates up-to-date knowledge of how different management tools can be used strategically to increase value creation in an enterprise in light of new technological possibilities and challenges
- give the students skills in how to apply theories and tools through work on real company cases
- provide opportunities for networking through learning and development both in and outside the classroom.
Target group
The specialisation targets both people with management experience and people with ambitions to become managers. The specialisation attracts participants from a wide range of industries both in the private and the public sector.
Build a network
In the specialization, you will meet some of NHH's foremost researchers and guest lecturers from business and society. You and your fellow students represent a wide range of Norwegian business and administration. A diverse group of participants with complementary skills and backgrounds provides a unique learning environment and helps to promote different perspectives on business problems. The synergy effect between theoretical knowledge and the participants' practical experience creates an intensive, effective and engaging learning process.
Close and personal guidance
To ensure consistency and quality of the specialisation, and a close and personal guidance of all participants, a dedicated academic director will follow the participants from the very beginning until the end. The academic director maintains a high academic level, has a strong commitment and a large degree of involvement in you and your learning.

About the programme
- ECTS Credits
- 90
- Degree
- Master of Business Administration
- Application period
- Vacant student places. Please contact us
- Study start
- September 21st 2023
Practical Information
- Tuition fee: NOK 445,000 (NOK 89,000 per subject module)
- Five subject modules over a period of two year
- Language of instruction: Norwegian
Contact
NHH EXECUTIVE
NHH Norwegian School of Economics is one of the leading business schools in Europe. NHH has an internationally recognised research environment and is the first choice for students who want to study business administration in Norway.
In close cooperation with the business community and society, we are developing new knowledge and creating values for a sustainable future.
NHH has an international profile and cooperates with 195 universities and business schools in more than 50 countries. We have approximately 3,500 students and 400 employees.
NHH Executive hosts executive education with a long tradition in offering MBA specialisations. NHH Executive is strongly anchored in the Norwegian business world and a top choice for executive education in Europe.
Programme structure
Module 1: Strategic profitability analysis and customer orientation |
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21.09.-23.09.2023 Thon Hotel Slottsparken, Oslo |
Introduction to managment and control |
19.10.-21.10.2023 NHH Campus Bergen |
Product profitability and return requirements |
02.11.2023 |
Zoom - case and guidance |
16.11.-18.11.2023 Thon Hotel Slottsparken, Oslo |
Customer and market strategies |
23.11.2023 |
Zoom - case, exam preparation and supervision |
30.11.2023 |
Submission of semester assignment (strategic profitability analysis) |
11.12.2023 |
Home exam 1st subject module, 6 hours |
Module 2: Strategy, managment and accounting |
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11.01.-13.01.2024 Quality Hotel Leangkollen, Asker |
Accounting and accounting analysis | |
08.02.-10.02.2024 NHH Campus, Oslo |
Strategic analysis and sustainable business models | |
22.02.2024 |
Zoom - lecture and case | |
07.03.-09.03.2024 Quality Hotel Leangkollen, Asker |
Goals and follow-up | |
21.03.2024 |
Zoom - case, exam preparation and supervision | |
05.04.-10.04.2024 |
Home exam 2. subject module, five days |
Module 3: Innovation, change and finance |
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02.05.-04.05.2024 NHH Campus, Oslo |
Econometrics, international economics and change management |
10.06.-13.06.2024 Bocconi, Milano |
Study trip: Differentiation strategies |
30.06.2024 |
Submission of project assignment, part one (consulting applications of economitrics/statistics) |
15.08.-17.08.2024 NHH Campus, Bergen |
Project analysis and research methods |
19.09.-21.09.2024 Quality Hotel Leangkollen, Asker |
Technology and innovation |
03.10.2024 |
Zoom - case and guidance |
17.10.-19.10.2024 NHH Campus, Bergen |
Finance |
31.10.2024 |
Zoom - case, exam preparation and supervision |
25.11.2024 |
Home exam 3. subject module, 6 hours |
Module 4: Valuation and general management and control |
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12.12.-14.12.2024 NHH Campus, Oslo |
Valuation and negotiations |
09.01.-11.01.2025 Quality Hotel Leangkollen, Asker |
Organizational culture, internal trade and bonus systems |
23.01.2025 |
Zoom - case in valuation and transfer pricing |
03.02.-07.02.2025 NUS, Singapore |
Study trip: Doing Business in Asia |
02.03.2025 |
Submission of project assignment, part two |
06.03.2025 |
Zoom - case, exam preparation and guidance |
13.03.-18.03.2025 |
Home exam 4. subjec module, five days |
Module 5: Integration |
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03.04.-05.04.2025 NHH Campus, Oslo |
Business games, management packages and team management |
22.05.-23.05.2025 NHH Campus, Oslo |
Working with the capstone project under supervision |
13.07.2025 |
Submission of master's thesis |
21.08.-22.08.2025 NHH Campus, Bergen |
Defense of master's thesis, current topics and conclusion |