1. Know-how
Deyhle’s c
goes inter
It’s twenty years ago since Dr. Dr. h.c. Albrecht Last June we had 23 participants from 14 different
Deyhle, the founder of the Controller Akademie countries in our Stage II seminar. They came from
AG, and of our ICV, and his first partner, Dr Alfred Mexico and Western Europe, from the most recent
Blazek, started wondering how the European Uni- EU member states, from Lithuania to Rumania, from
on might affect the work of controllers and conse- Russia – there were two from Shanghai. They all
quently of the Controller Academy. They soon rea- got to know each other. They had come here, to
lised that it would lead to further international ra- Lake Starnberg, to discover the common standard
mifications, first within Europe, but later further of controlling – unity in variety. And they all agreed
afield. that here we practise “state of the art” controlling,
followers of the controlling pioneer, Dr. Dr. h.c.
So there were two new challenges facing Financial Albrecht Deyhle. The international network, lea-
Dipl.-Ing. Dietmar Pascher Controllers. Firstly, the controlling philosophy ding to exchanges with expert colleagues, plays a
Controller Akademie AG would be bound to spread abroad as German, big part, along with the technical components.
www.controllerakademie.
Swiss and Austrian enterprises entered the interna- Our Eastern European colleagues in particular use
de/international
tional sphere and established a harmonised atti- us as a first approach to controlling as practised in
tude to controlling throughout the concerns they Central Europe, as an alternative and supplement
were associated with. Secondly, the controllers in to Anglo-American Accounting. A participant from
the parent company would need to bring their IKEA Poland told us they had christened her de-
command of the English language up to scratch. partment “Business Navigation”, in order to avoid
future confusion arising from the word
This immediately led to the decision to offer the control.
Controller Akademie‘s successful diploma course
in English. So in March 1992 the first Stage I semi-
nar was held in English, in the presence of our En-
glish Language coach, David Gill. Even German-
speaking controllers attended it, who wanted to
polish up their English and acquire the necessary
technical terms, so as to be able to communicate
better with their clients.
Now the entire Diploma Programme (5 levels) is
presented in English by Dr. Klaus Eiselmayer and
Dietmar Pascher.
In the course of many years an international com-
Controllers Song written by
munity has developed, which we like to call the
the last Stage II participants
“English Family”. The many different nationalities and performed with the
involved have led to an incredible enrichment of music of The Killers: Are we
the work. humans, are we dancers?
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2. 23 participants from
ontrolling
14 countries attended the
Stage II seminar last June.
What was your personal or your company‘s ben-
national
efit of attending our Diploma Program (in the
English language)?
Jan Šulc:
Manager Financial Controlling, Continental,
Chassis & Safety Division, Plant Jičín, Hradecká
So, piece by piece, the ICV’s approach to control-
1092, 506 01 Jičín
ling is carried out into the wide world by every in-
dividual participant, who works as an “Ambassa- Experience exchange and discussions about sys-
dor for Controlling” in his or her enterprise. And tems, processes and behaviour or habits in other
we note that these controllers simultaneously move companies whose members attended CA is the
up the international career ladder step by step. first what I call to mind. This in combination with
very good training sessions of CA enriched and
And it is precisely in this climb that we wish you
enlarged my personnel “data bank” of possible
ways, tools how to control a business, company
Happy Controlling! (or family) and as well various ways of behaviour
which could by applied in business but as well in
private life.
Attending CA uncovered also some my weak-
nesses but as well strengths and it helped me later
in my work.
The way of execution of training applied by CA
trainees and method of presentation is “saved” in
Controller Song my memory. This experience help me in a prepa-
ration and carrying out of training or presentation
within own company or outside the company.
Adrian Lacatus:
Finance Manager, Heidi Chocolates Suisse SA,
Bucharest, Romania
I have finished in 2 1/2 years one of the best
controlling programs in English language. I’ve
especially liked the detailed preparation of every
aspect of the program.
Personal benefits:
• I’ve learned fast relevant theory backed by
genuine business experiences;
• Had the chance to mingle with people from
different countries, companies, with different
profiles;
Company benefits:
• Have a proper trained controller able to
challenge change within the organisation;
• Bring in fresh ideas from other companies’
experiences;
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