Business Consulting Project
Timeline
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September 24, 2021Experience start
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September 26, 2021Project Calibration
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October 15, 2021Project Scoping
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October 30, 2021Project Implementation I
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November 13, 2021Project Implementation II
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November 27, 2021Project Feedback
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December 5, 2021Experience end
Timeline
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September 24, 2021Experience start
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September 26, 2021Project Calibration
Company supervisor meeting (virtual or in person) with the student team to define the problem, objectives, and expected outcomes of the project. Students finalize choice of project.
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October 15, 2021Project Scoping
Company-student meeting (location to be co-determined) to define proposed methodology.
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October 30, 2021Project Implementation I
Implementation meeting to ensure project is tracking appropriately.
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November 13, 2021Project Implementation II
Implementation meeting to ensure project is tracking appropriately.
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November 27, 2021Project Feedback
Company-student meeting to share project findings.
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December 5, 2021Experience end
Experience scope
Categories
Accounting Operations Project management Marketing strategySkills
competitive analysis business consulting business strategy virtual collaboration communicationIs your organization seeking some extra support to solve an ongoing business-related challenge? If so, we have 3rd and 4th year business students that are seeking opportunities to help you in the form of a for-credit Business Consulting Project. This course is an undergraduate Organizational Management course on Business Consulting and is composed of students from all streams of business (i.e., human resources, marketing, finance, etc.) looking to put those business skills to good use!
Please note: We will be accepting twice as many project applications as there are student teams. Students will choose which projects they want to work with that fill their own specific skill sets during the first week of classes in September.
Learners
Your company will receive a written feedback assessment report that summarizes the project and the findings and an invitation to attend your team’s presentation.
Project timeline
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September 24, 2021Experience start
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September 26, 2021Project Calibration
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October 15, 2021Project Scoping
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October 30, 2021Project Implementation I
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November 13, 2021Project Implementation II
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November 27, 2021Project Feedback
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December 5, 2021Experience end
Timeline
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September 24, 2021Experience start
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September 26, 2021Project Calibration
Company supervisor meeting (virtual or in person) with the student team to define the problem, objectives, and expected outcomes of the project. Students finalize choice of project.
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October 15, 2021Project Scoping
Company-student meeting (location to be co-determined) to define proposed methodology.
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October 30, 2021Project Implementation I
Implementation meeting to ensure project is tracking appropriately.
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November 13, 2021Project Implementation II
Implementation meeting to ensure project is tracking appropriately.
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November 27, 2021Project Feedback
Company-student meeting to share project findings.
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December 5, 2021Experience end
Project Examples
Requirements
Projects must be based on a real-world business problem and be rooted in one of the following core business areas:
- Strategy: Including but not limited to defining/entering new markets, delivering new products/services, defining/designing competitive advantage, evaluating/defining/designing viable business models.
- Marketing: Including but not limited to defining market channels, designing go-to-market plans, customer acquisition/retention.
- Operations: Including but not limited to business process optimization, performance management.
- People: Including but not limited to organizational design, attraction/retention strategies.
Specific projects will vary depending on the nature of your problem and the firm itself.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Ensure timely transfer of information and firm commitment to scheduled meetings to support project success.
Essential is to mutually set communication times and protocols of frequent meetings plan for the two parties engagement during the project timeline.
Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
Be available for a quick phone call with the experiential learning facilitator to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.
The success of business consulting jobs is a mutual responsibility of both consultants and clients. We highly emphasize the importance of both parties to work together to identify a well-rounded and precisely defined problem statement, expectations, exclusion, deliverable(s), and timeline for implementation.
Timeline
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September 24, 2021Experience start
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September 26, 2021Project Calibration
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October 15, 2021Project Scoping
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October 30, 2021Project Implementation I
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November 13, 2021Project Implementation II
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November 27, 2021Project Feedback
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December 5, 2021Experience end
Timeline
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September 24, 2021Experience start
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September 26, 2021Project Calibration
Company supervisor meeting (virtual or in person) with the student team to define the problem, objectives, and expected outcomes of the project. Students finalize choice of project.
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October 15, 2021Project Scoping
Company-student meeting (location to be co-determined) to define proposed methodology.
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October 30, 2021Project Implementation I
Implementation meeting to ensure project is tracking appropriately.
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November 13, 2021Project Implementation II
Implementation meeting to ensure project is tracking appropriately.
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November 27, 2021Project Feedback
Company-student meeting to share project findings.
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December 5, 2021Experience end