Business Consultancy Project
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Timeline
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January 20, 2025Experience start
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April 30, 2025Experience end
Experience scope
Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Operations Project management Environmental sustainabilitySkills
stakeholder communications analytical skills report writingThe University of Stirling’s Consultancy Project offers a unique opportunity for employers to engage with business students who are eager to apply their academic knowledge to real-world business challenges. This course is an alternative to a traditional dissertation, focusing on independent study under expert supervision.
Our 4th year Business Studies Undergraduate Students are equipped to handle complex problems, communicate across various stakeholders, and develop actionable recommendations.
Students will have studied a varied business studies programme with topics including organisations, management, global and international business, sustainable business, entrepreneurship and strategic management.
Learners
The students will complete the project over a 12-week period from January until April.
At the end of the Business Consultancy Project, students will submit a written report which, once fully assessed, will be shared with you.
Project timeline
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January 20, 2025Experience start
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April 30, 2025Experience end
Project Examples
Requirements
Ideal projects for this experience should involve complex business problems or opportunities that require strategic analysis and solution development. Former examples include:
- Driving Factors: A Study of Consumer Behaviour in Scotland's Used Car Industry - An investigation into the leadership approaches and strategies used by managers at Robertson Facilities Management to facilitate an effective transition to remote and hybrid working.
- Exploring the Impact of Different Leadership Styles on Employee Motivation and Productivity in the Workplace of the Housing Sector.
- An investigation into competitive strategies to improve small and medium enterprise performance for competitiveness in the real-estate industry in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Investigating the Influence of Supply Chain Transparency on Customer Satisfaction within the Airline Industry.
- Challenges of Men and Women Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Business Environment.
- AI in Learning: Unveiling the Positive, Negative, and Unforeseen. Impacts on Student Assignments in Stirling's Academic Landscape
- Impact of Sustainability Initiatives in Fast Fashion on Consumer Choices: Insights from Primark. Assessing the decline in Scotland’s recycling rate: An in-depth analysis of the challenges and barriers that organisations face in their recycling efforts to adhere to the circular economy concept – An exploratory case study of organisations in North Lanarkshire.
- An Investigation into the Effects of CSR Efforts/Initiatives on Consumer Behaviour and Brand Preference in the Clothing Industry.
- Communicating Product Sustainability on Food Packaging and its Effect on Student Purchasing Behaviour.
- Redefying employee engagement: exploring the impact of traditional vs modern training methods.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Timeline
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January 20, 2025Experience start
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April 30, 2025Experience end