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Controllership in der Unternehmenspraxis

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Obwohl die Business Partner Rolle häufig als „Idealtyp“ propagiert wird, zeigt ein Blick in die Praxis, dass der Controllerbereich aufgrund von Erwartungen unterschiedlicher interner KundInnen ein breites Set an Aufgaben erfüllen muss, von denen sich manche eher dem klassischen Bild des Bean Counters zuordnen lassen. ControllerInnen müssen daher bereit sein, in verschiedenen Rollen zu agieren und entsprechende Kompetenzen aufzubauen, die dies ermöglichen. Welche konkrete Ausprägung ihrer Rolle in bestimmten Situationen oder gar generell überwiegt, wird dabei von diversen Faktoren beeinflusst.

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Goretzki, L. (2014). Controllership in der Unternehmenspraxis. In: Becker, W., Ulrich, P. (eds) Praxishandbuch Controlling. Springer NachschlageWissen. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04795-5_8-1

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