Mittelstädt, EwaldRautenstrauch, ThomasWiepcke, Claudia2007-07-182007-07-182007-01Wide World of Entrepreneurship, Conference Proceedings United States Association for Small business and entrepreneurship, joint USASBE and SBI Conference, January 11 - 14, 2007, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Omnipress, Madison, USAhttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/2447710.17877/DE290R-14503The submitted paper covers two topics which are essential for SMEs and their competitiveness: management control and knowledge management. On the basis of an empirical survey among producing SMEs in Central-Germany the authors investigated knowledge deficits concerning the domain of management control. German SMEs show numerous weaknesses especially when it comes to prediction-oriented instruments of management control, e.g. SWOT-, Scenario-Analysis or dynamic investment procedures. The authors developed a suitable computer-aided learning tool to overcome these knowledge deficits and designed a knowledge management concept to collectivize individually learned knowledge.enUSASBE 2007Blended LearningBusiness ReengineeringKnowledge ManagementLearning CommunityLessons LearnedManagement ControlScenario-AnalysisSMEStorytellingSWOT-Analysis330report