Business Consulting Project

ORGA 410
Closed
MacEwan University
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Community Partnership Developer
(199)
7
Timeline
  • January 9, 2023
    Experience start
  • January 14, 2023
    Project Scoping
  • February 8, 2023
    Project Implementation II
  • February 22, 2023
    Project Implementation I
  • March 8, 2023
    Project Calibration
  • March 21, 2023
    Project Feedback
  • April 1, 2023
    Experience end
Experience
8 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred Community Partners
Canada
Any
Any industries
Categories
Accounting Leadership Organizational structure Operations Project management
Skills
competitive analysis business consulting business strategy virtual collaboration communication
Student goals and capabilities

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 September.

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
40 Students
Project
50 hours per Student
Students self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

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
  • January 9, 2023
    Experience start
  • January 14, 2023
    Project Scoping
  • February 8, 2023
    Project Implementation II
  • February 22, 2023
    Project Implementation I
  • March 8, 2023
    Project Calibration
  • March 21, 2023
    Project Feedback
  • April 1, 2023
    Experience end
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.
  • 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.

Community Partners 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.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

Essential is to mutually set communication times and protocols of frequent meetings plan for the two parties engagement during the project timeline.

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.

Ensure timely transfer of information and firm commitment to scheduled meetings to support project success.