Business and Operational Planning
General
- Undergraduate; 4th year
- 15 learners; teams of 5
- 160 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 1/4 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Startup, Social enterprise, Non profit, Any, Small to medium enterprise
- Any
Categories
Project timeline
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May 9, 2022Experience start
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May 17, 2022Project Scope Meeting
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August 20, 2022Experience end
Timeline
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May 9, 2022Experience start
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May 17, 2022Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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August 20, 2022Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Students analyze an Industry Partner’s environment and existing business plan and subsequently develop an evolved and relevant comprehensive business and operational plan for the organization, through the application of theoretical and applied learning gained throughout the program.
Typical partners are small to medium size companies, across all commercial, non-profit and public industries. They tend to have had a few years in business, although we have entertained start-ups and new ventures.
During the fifteen-week period in a semester, partners should allow for six class visits, over two hours, in addition to 20hrs of assignment reading, review and student offline questions. It is estimated that for every partner hour invested, the return is x20 free student hrs.
- Learner skills
- Competitive analysis, Project planning, Business consulting, Business strategy, Marketing strategy
- Deliverables
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The following assignments are prepared for partner review and feedback:
1) Assignment one – Partner statement of work (SOW) and project plan
2) Assignment two – Partner business environmental scan analysis and conclusions.
3) Assignment three – Partner strategic and marketing plan analysis, conclusions and recommendations – option to focus on partner priorities.
4) Assignment four – Partner operational plan analysis, conclusions and recommendations – option to focus on partner priorities.
5) Assignment five – Partner executive summary and presentation.
Project Examples
Previous partners - Examples:
o City of Brampton, incubator
o Clean Air
o Atlas 365 Consulting
o Mercor Lighting
o Rheem Canada
o 100Km Foods
o Ecosystem Informatics
o Simplified Automation
o Vox International
o Moonbean Trading Co
o Layer0
o Robot Start-up
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Are you able to dedicate 2 hours every other week to meet with student groups and an additional 20 hours time outside of meetings to review assignments and offline questions from students?
Is your project large enough in scope so students can review your existing business plan and develop a relevant comprehensive business and operational plan?