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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
(4)
3
Timeline
  • January 28, 2019
    Experience start
  • April 7, 2019
    Experience end
Experience
1/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Social enterprise, Non profit, Large enterprise, Small to medium enterprise, Family owned
Any industries
Categories
Information technology Leadership Organizational structure Operations Project management
Skills
management research analysis business strategy marketing strategy
Learner goals and capabilities

Starting January, student teams of 5 will spend a combined 200 hours working with their industry client on this Strategic Management Consulting project.

Throughout the project duration, students leverage tools and skills gained throughout their Sauder BCom education to collaborate to provide free business consulting services to organizations in order to make a positive contribution to the British Columbia community.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
48 learners
Project
40 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
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 timeline
  • January 28, 2019
    Experience start
  • April 7, 2019
    Experience end
Project Examples

This courses provides students with applied and experiential learning opportunities that build off foundational business skills that have already been acquired, including: finance, accounting, operations and logistics, technology integration and computer science, entrepreneurship, strategy, organizational behaviour, 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
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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

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.