Specialist in SME management: What are the biggest disadvantages of this training?

As an SME management specialist, you will work in owner-managed companies. You take on leadership and management tasks and are largely responsible for the course of business. You are largely responsible for the success of the company, but also bear the entrepreneurial risk. You will work closely with management, employees, customers and suppliers.

The most important disadvantages of the "SME Management Specialist" course are

1. As training to become an SME management specialist usually takes place over the course of a year, you will need to manage your time well. In addition, there is usually your current management role, which is probably already keeping you busy.
2. The Federal Diploma of Higher Education as a specialist in SME management is not yet known when applying to foreign employers, which can be a disadvantage, as university degrees are probably preferred there.
3. Managing an SME requires networked entrepreneurial thinking and action as well as business management knowledge and leadership skills. Much of this cannot be learned through continuing education, further training, but must be brought along as a competence. The same applies to the willingness to take on a high degree of responsibility.
4. The examination pressure at the annual federal final examinations is high, but thanks to the modular structure of the course, one of the three fields of activity can be completed each semester with an internal module examination. It is also possible to prepare and submit a diploma thesis for the subsequent Federal Professional Examination.

As a specialist in SME management, you will make important business decisions and be personally liable for the course of business. You must therefore have a high sense of responsibility. It is also helpful to know and be able to use the necessary business management tools.

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