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Community Business Project

MMCBP
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UBC Sauder School of Business
UBC Sauder School of Business
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
William Franquet
Business Development Associate
2
Timeline
  • January 21, 2022
    Experience start
  • January 22, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 26, 2022
    Final presentations
  • March 26, 2022
    Experience end
Experience
2/5 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries
Categories
Communications Market expansion Community engagement Social work Fundraising
Skills
competitive analysis business consulting marketing strategy research
Learner goals and capabilities

Are you a non-profit or social enterprise? Or a company with a corporate social responsibility initiative? The Community Business Project gives non-profit organizations, social enterprises and companies with corporate social responsibility initiatives access to three months of business consulting from teams of graduate student volunteers from the Master of Management UBC's Sauder School of Business. Organizations get the chance to tackle key business challenges while giving students the opportunity to hone their business skills, gain real-world experience and make a positive contribution to their community. Upon completion of the project, you will receive a detailed report and presentation.

Learners
Graduate
Any level
60 learners
Project
48 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverables might include:

  1. 15 minute presentation of key findings and recommendations.
  2. A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights, and recommendations.
Project timeline
  • January 21, 2022
    Experience start
  • January 22, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 26, 2022
    Final presentations
  • March 26, 2022
    Experience end
Project Examples

Student-consultants in teams of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.

Project examples include but are not limited to:

  • Business plans and feasibility studies
  • Fundraising and development initiatives
  • Recruitment and retention strategies
  • Corporate partnership strategies
  • Marketing plans and expansion strategies

If you are interested in this course, you can apply by copy-pasting the link below into your browser:

https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8Bx2lUBo9viNYpw

Application Criteria

In scoring your application, your submission will be assessed based on the following criteria:

  1. Organization type fits within the eligibility of the Community Business Project (e.g., Non-for-profit, Social Enterprise, Charitable Organization, Corporation with affiliation(s) to social ventures, Corporation with CSR initiative(s), Environmentally-focused business, Start-up with community initiatives/impacts). You may be asked to provide proof of charitable status.
  2. Projects must have a well-articulated scope, with clearly defined deliverables that can be achieved within the time frame of the CBP. Organization must also show that all required resources will be available to the team and that they can be flexible on deliverables in order to ensure student success.
  3. Projects must incorporate all of the following five (5) components: 1) Specific Problem or Opportunity 2) Primary Research (ie. online survey, in person/telephone interviews or public intercept questionnaires), 3) Secondary Research (online and/or documents provided by client), 4) Recommendations (to achieve specific problem/opportunity), 5) Action Plan (including timing to implement recommendations).
  4. Project enables students to apply their academic and professional business skills/expertise to provide solutions to complex/challenging real-world business problems.
  5. Ability of the organization to provide the student team with project resources to ensure students are set up for success in meeting the project deliverables.

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

Contact your faculty supervisor immediately if any issue is not resolved to your satisfaction, after discussion with your student teams. Assume responsibility for any hard costs that are required in order to complete the project (i.e. research incentives, long-distance calls, etc.).

Act as the single point of contact from your organization in order to provide clear direction and feedback to the student team and ensure there are no mixed messages or confusion surrounding expectations.

Provide a comprehensive project briefing with all relevant project/organization background information with the student team.

Develop a scope of work document (in conjunction with the faculty supervisor) that can realistically be achieved within the time-frame and with all the available resources.

Provide a challenging and rewarding volunteer consulting opportunity for the Master of Management students on your assigned CBP teams.

Meet with your student teams at least monthly (virtually) to review project status and discuss learning/recommendations from each stage of the project.

Provide open and honest feedback to your student teams regarding their progress/contributions and attempt to resolve any issues directly with the team quickly.

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

Refrain from changes or additions to the agreed-upon scope of work unless it has been approved under special circumstances by your teams' faculty supervisor.

Note that student teams are required to gain approval from their client prior to any spending. Provide a clear assessment of the team’s progress, communications and deliverables to your faculty supervisor at the mid-point check-in call and through a final client evaluation survey.

Respond to all emails/phone calls from your CBP student teams within two business days, and inform your student teams of any planned vacation or travel time away from the office.

Provide timely access to requested relevant organizational information and any required contacts for research, necessary to complete the project.