Master's Enterprise Consulting

MSTM 6000
Closed
Schulich School of Business
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steve Pulver
Adjunct Professor
(9)
5
Timeline
  • April 29, 2024
    Experience start
  • May 4, 2024
    Statement of Work Agreed by Client, Students and Instructor
  • May 30, 2024
    Project Plan Meeting and Report
  • June 27, 2024
    Status Report
  • July 27, 2024
    Final Meeting and Report
  • August 10, 2024
    Experience end
Experience
21/20 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Startup, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise
Sales, Retail, Entertainment, Business services, Telecommunications

Experience scope

Categories
Communications Market research Operations Product or service launch Marketing strategy
Skills
strategic planning business strategy presentation skills data analysis market research
Learner goals and capabilities

A team of Master's student-consultants will work with your organization on a business management consulting initiative.

Learners

Learners
Graduate
Any level
100 learners
Project
80 hours per learner
Learners apply to projects
Teams of 6
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Project deliverables include:

  1. Project Plan: Students will develop a Statement of Work and Project Plan for the semester.
  2. Status Report: Students will conduct research, update you, and solicit your input to successfully deliver their final research-based recommendations.
  3. Final Delivery: As outlined and agreed to in the status report.
Project timeline
  • April 29, 2024
    Experience start
  • May 4, 2024
    Statement of Work Agreed by Client, Students and Instructor
  • May 30, 2024
    Project Plan Meeting and Report
  • June 27, 2024
    Status Report
  • July 27, 2024
    Final Meeting and Report
  • August 10, 2024
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Starting this May, a team of 6 student-consultants from the Schulich Master of Management program will collectively spend up to 400 hours working with your organization to solve a management challenge that you are facing.

Based on your goals, student-consultants will develop unique, data-based insights and strategic recommendations to overcome your challenge and develop opportunities.

Project examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Market Research: Conducting a primary and secondary research, surveying potential customers and evaluating the market potential.
  • Market Positioning: Developing value propositions and use cases for specific market segments.
  • Internal Process Optimization: Analyzing a value and supply chain.
  • Competitive Advantage: Developing a competitive matrix and differentiation.
  • Business Model Testing: Validating business models.
  • Pitch & Deck Development: Creating materials for investor presentations.

Additional company criteria

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

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm project is on spec.

Ensure you are available for the 3 checkpoint discussions and final meeting