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Strategic Management Consulting Project

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UBC Sauder School of Business
UBC Sauder School of Business
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Adam Pankratz
Adam Pankratz
Lecturer - Strategy and Business Economics
(2)
2
Timeline
  • January 4, 2021
    Experience start
  • January 31, 2021
    First Client meeting
  • February 28, 2021
    Midway Check In
  • April 9, 2021
    Experience end
General
  • Undergraduate; 4th year
  • 80 learners; teams of 4
  • 40 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 7/7 project matches
  • British Columbia, Canada
  • Academic experience
  • Any
  • Business services, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Individual & family services, Business & management
Categories
Market research Operations Project management Product or service launch Marketing strategy
Skills
strategy research analysis competitive analysis business consulting
Project timeline
  • January 4, 2021
    Experience start
  • January 31, 2021
    First Client meeting
  • February 28, 2021
    Midway Check In
  • April 9, 2021
    Experience end
Overview
Learner goals and capabilities

Starting January 6th, student teams of 4 will spend a combined 160 hours working with their industry client on this Strategic Management Consulting Project.

Throughout the project duration, students will collaborate to provide free business consulting services to businesses or organizations in order to make a positive contribution to the British Columbia community.

Expected outcomes and deliverables

Students, in conjunction with the client will develop and provide:

  1. A scope of work document
  2. Do primary and secondary market research
  3. Provide a situation analysis of the business environment and problem
  4. Have a client status update meeting half way through the term
  5. Summarize key learnings and observations in a final report
  6. Provide recommendations, an action plan and implementations timeline to the business
Project Examples

This courses provides students with applied and experiential learning opportunities that build off foundational business skills that have already been acquired, including: economics, organizational behaviour, accounting, operations, entrepreneurship, strategy, marketing, and business development.

Areas of focus may include, but are not limited to:

  • New market entry
  • New product offerings
  • Streamlining operations
  • Organizational structure
  • Business development
  • Strategic planning
Additional company criteria

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

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

Be available for a phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Be involved, available and committed to the student group assigned to your project. Past experience has shown that for these projects to work best for students and businesses, it must be a collaborative endeavour and relationship.