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Business Management Consultants - MBA Students

BUSI 640
Open Closing on October 7, 2024 / 2 spots left
University Canada West
University Canada West
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Keenan Anthony
Keenan Anthony
Sessional Faculty
(1)
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Timeline
  • October 8, 2024
    Experience start
  • December 14, 2024
    Experience end
General
  • Graduate; 2nd year
  • 34 learners; teams of 5
  • 50 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Educators assign learners to projects
Preferred companies
  • 2 projects wanted
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
  • Sole proprietorship, Startup, Family owned, Large enterprise, Small to medium enterprise
  • Any industries
Categories
Communications Market research Operations Market expansion Sales strategy
Skills
online communication organizational behavior master of business administration (mba) organizational structure management entrepreneurship research
Project timeline
  • October 8, 2024
    Experience start
  • December 14, 2024
    Experience end
Overview
Learner goals and capabilities

Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on MBA students from University Canada West to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. MBA students will work on one main project over the course of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.


Students in this course recognize that small businesses face unique challenges that can impede productivity and result in costly turnover. In this project, teams of business students with backgrounds in entrepreneurship, human resources, and organizational behaviour will analyze your organization’s structure and management to develop strategies for improvement and continued growth.

Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the students and the organization.


Final project deliverables include:

  1. A presentation on key findings and recommendations
  2. A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights and recommendations


Project Examples

Based on a management issue and challenges that you currently face, the students will research and analyze your organization’s goals and existing structure to provide you with strategic recommendations for growth and expansion. The course instructor will also participate in some capacity to ensure you're receiving value throughout the entirety of the project.


This course is all about students acting as consultants - working with a business to identify needs / challenges and come up with solutions and proposals for you by the end of term.


Examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Create a growth strategy plan.
  • Discovering and examining existing gaps in the business and developing solutions.
  • Developing recommendations for your organization to meet a goal or solve a challenge.
  • Building systems to optimize business processes.
  • Restructuring your organization based on an organizational challenge.
  • Identifying areas of your organization to focus hiring efforts.
  • Suggesting incentive packages improve employee retention and morale.
  • Developing strategies to improve employee productivity and satisfaction.


Additional company criteria

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

Can you make yourself available for a quick video call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm the project scope is an appropriate fit for the course?

Will you be available for discovery meeting with students during class time?