Basic knowledge of ecclesiastical law

• a legal entity from the community of natural persons
• concept of legal entity
• legal framework vs autonomy
• orientation in secular and ecclesiastical legislation - when which
• church (religious) and non-church (non-religious) organizations and activities
• legal frameworks of management in view of the specific nature of the activities
• separation of management forms

Tax basics

• taxpayer, tax gender, tax liability, tax risk, tax benefits, tax current account

• religious life vs entrepreneurial activity
• employer, paying, tax-free benefits
• invoice vs receipt vs Accounting document
• church service relationship
• voluntary work

Basic elements of stewardship

• stewardship, owner, "part" of God, steward's part
• planning, foresight
• spiritual plane of economic decisions
• savings and reserve formation
• organizational generosity
• employer, employee
• advice request
• crisis and perspective

Design and implementation

• vision, mission
• strategy, strategic plan
• Jim Collins: facing the harsh reality and the hedgehog principle as an effective strategy
• the basic principles of planning and its role in organizational communication

• Financial Planning
• characteristics of Christian design
• the four basic rules of implementation (Sean Covey and co-authors)
• biblical case study: Nehemiah and the design

Reporting and monitoring

• planning vs implementation vs monitoring
• provision of data and information
• forms of bookkeeping
• the reporting process
• differences between accrual and budget reporting
• interpretation of the budget report
• financial and natural analyses
• accounting policies

Pálaccounts related to drafts

• income sources of church legal entities
• maintenance, state, local government, European Union subsidies
• other subsidies
• local tenders

• subsidies received for investment, renovation, asset acquisition or compensation for public burden or other costs
• the basic proofs of the settlement of the subsidy
• the accounting features of the grant settlement
• support period
• maintenance period

Maintenance checks, checks by third parties

• effective management tool
• establishing the factual situation and comparing it to the requirement
• evaluating the result of the comparison
• identification of further steps
• control points and processes
• internal and external control
• maintenance and official inspections
• response steps

Student workshop discussion/Thesis seminar

• open, conflicting opinions and mutual attention workshop discussion
• forum for joint learning
• presentation of students' thesis drafts
• feedback from fellow students and instructors

Organization management

• community and organization
• task organization and service
• hierarchical structure vs network vs project management
• traditional and agile organization
• organizational culture
• accounting or accounting
• involvement and organization of volunteers
• organizational aspects of Christian vocation

Value driven managements

• the roles of the leader
• bases, forms and components of power
• organizational climate
• a Goleman-types of leadership styles
• types of trust, development and maintenance tools

Conflict management on a biblical basis

• sources of conflicts and stages of their formation
• power actors and conflicts
• a Sande"slippery slope of conflict" model

• the guiding thread and tools of peacemaking

Ethics and economics

• the importance of organizational and managerial ethics
• the most important ethical systems
• characteristics of a good moral decision-making model
• the elements of character development and the formation of an ethical organizational culture

Case studies

• stewardship in practice
• design, analysis
• balance between interests
• budget, balance sheet, income statement
• cashflow and their relationships
• tax knowledge
• financial and legal compliance
• knowledge related to tender preparation and settlement
• practical issues of organizational management
• the spiritual and financial mirror of the managed organization