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Business Economics (Section 03)

MBAF 504-03
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University Canada West
University Canada West
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mokhtar Tabari
Mokhtar Tabari
Faculty Member
3
Timeline
  • July 19, 2021
    Experience start
  • July 30, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 1, 2021
    Final Presentation
  • October 2, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Hospitality, tourism & culinary arts
Skills
international trade analytical skills economic growth national income business economics economics microeconomics macroeconomics
Learner goals and capabilities

Looking to elevate your business, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from University Canada West to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience.

Students in this course are equipped with fundamental economics tools and methods necessary to understand modern business practice. Students will have investigated the two core pillars of economics: microeconomics and macroeconomics while quantitatively building their analytical skills. Microeconomics pertaining to exploring the behaviour of economic units and their interactions with consumers, firms , and government under conditions of scarcity. Macroeconomics pertaining to concepts of national income, economic growth, international trade, inflation, unemployment, aggregate demand, macroeconomic equilibrium, monetary and fiscal stabilization policies, money and the banking system.

Learners

Learners
Graduate
Any level
30 learners
Project
15 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables
  • A 15-minute presentation on recommendations focused on the defined project. More deliverables such as final reports must be discussed and agreed upon prior to the start of the work period.
Project timeline
  • July 19, 2021
    Experience start
  • July 30, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 1, 2021
    Final Presentation
  • October 2, 2021
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Beginning in July, students in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.

Project examples that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:

  • Analyzing the dynamic economic environment using economic notions and theories
  • Explaining consumer and producer behaviour and economic decision-making of economic units under different market structures
  • Describing and interpreting measures of macroeconomic performance including potential efficiencies, government actions and market forces
  • Employing economic modeling of contemporary social economic issues to apply macroeconomic data analysis

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for at least 2 follow-up meetings with the students to monitor progress, clarify doubts, and answer questions.

Provide relevant information/data as needed for the project.

Provide an opportunity for students to present their work and receive feedback.

Provide a dedicated contact person who is available for weekly/bi-weekly drop-ins to address students’ questions as well as periodic messages over the duration of the project.

Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.