Business Consulting Project
General
- Undergraduate; 4th year, 3rd year
- 60 learners; teams of 5
- 50 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred organizations
- 17/14 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any
- Any
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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January 26, 2021Experience start
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January 16, 2021Project Calibration
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February 13, 2021Project Engagement Meetings
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February 21, 2021Project Scoping Meetings
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February 28, 2021Project Implementation I
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March 6, 2021Project Implementation II
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April 8, 2021Experience end
Timeline
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January 26, 2021Experience start
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January 16, 2021Project Calibration
Company supervisor meeting with the student team (location to be co-determined) to define the problem, objectives, and expected outcomes of the project. Students finalize choice of project. Date is rough estimation. Will be refined asap.
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February 13, 2021Project Engagement Meetings
Company-student meetings to share project findings. Date is rough estimation. Will be refined asap.
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February 21, 2021Project Scoping Meetings
Company-student meetings (location to be co-determined) to define proposed methodology. Date is rough estimation. Will be refined asap.
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February 28, 2021Project Implementation I
Implementation meetings to ensure project is tracking appropriately. Date is rough estimation. Will be refined asap.
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March 6, 2021Project Implementation II
Implementation meetings to ensure project is tracking appropriately. Date is rough estimation. Will be refined asap.
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April 8, 2021Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Is 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 January. Community Partner organizations will be informed of the students' choice by the end of the second week of January.
- Learner skills
- Competitive analysis, Business consulting, Business strategy, Virtual collaboration, Communication
- Deliverables
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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 Examples
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, change management in the time of COVID
- 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 organization criteria
Organizations must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
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.
Ensure timely transfer of information and firm commitment to scheduled meetings to support project success.
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.
If at all possible, have a representative from the organization attend final virtual presentation with students during their class time.