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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
Mary Connolly
Mary Connolly
Instructor, Sauder Business School, UBC
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Timeline
  • January 27, 2020
    Experience start
  • April 7, 2020
    Experience end
General
  • Undergraduate; 4th year
  • 48 learners; teams of 5
  • 40 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 4/3 project matches
  • Canada
  • Academic experience
  • Social enterprise, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise, Large enterprise, Family owned
  • Any industries
Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Operations Project management Marketing strategy
Skills
business strategy management marketing strategy research analysis
Project timeline
  • January 27, 2020
    Experience start
  • April 7, 2020
    Experience end
Overview
Learner goals and capabilities

Starting January, student teams of five will spend a combined 200 hours working with their industry client on a Strategic Management Consulting project.

Throughout the project, students leverage tools and skills gained throughout their Sauder BCom education to contribute free business consulting services to that make a positive contribution to the business or non-profit community.

Expected outcomes and deliverables

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

  1. Project proposal, scope of work document
  2. Complete primary and/or 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. Create a strategic plan for the client presented in a final report and presentation
  6. Provide recommendations, an action plan and implementations timeline to the business
Project Examples

This course provides students with applied and experiential learning opportunities that build off foundational business skills that have already been acquired in the students four-years at Sauder Business School.

As this is a strategic decision making course, projects typically include an element of decision making, analysis of various alternative strategies, followed by a strategic recommendation and implementation plan. An example project might be framed as: "We are a company looking to increase our revenues and have several idea in mind for growth, what is the opportunity for each, rationale for choosing one over the other, and then how would we design and execute for success?

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

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

Up to two independent teams will work on your project in parallel providing additional perspectives and strategies.

Additional company criteria

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

Provide background information and feedback as needed throughout the project: attend (in person or skype) introductory team meeting, mid-term check-in, and final presentation.

Work with instructor to develop a strategic business project description with scope appropriate for the course design.