23W_BUSI 660_ Small Business Management

23W_BUSI 660
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University Canada West
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Naji Yazdi
MBA Instructor
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General
  • Graduate
  • 8 learners; teams of 2
  • 20 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 1/1 project matches
  • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Academic experience
  • Any
  • Any
Categories
General Operations Competitive analysis Market expansion Sales strategy
Skills
business structures preparing executive summaries
Project timeline
  • January 27, 2023
    Experience start
  • February 25, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • April 1, 2023
    Experience end
Overview
Details

Working in a team, students will prepare a proposal for the course project company. The proposal will include the following:

· Executive summary (no more than one page);

· Main objective(s) that you plan to pursue during this project;

· A short description of the potential solution you might offer to the company;

· Main steps you plan to take to pursue the objectives and find the solution within a clear and structured timeline.

· Include at least one visual content (graph or chart). Make sure to use proper and specific data there.

· Use at least six references;

· Describe at least three steps to pursue the objectives and find the solution

· Business model and business structure. How these can be improved?

· Their CRM

· Their competitive advantage / their competition strategy

· Their differentiation strategy

· SWOT analysis of the business

· You can include Google Analytics

· Gantt chart/time frame for the modifications

· Budget for changes

· (No page limit for your proposal)

Learner skills
Business structures, Preparing executive summaries
Deliverables

A report of the analysis and suggestions for improvement

Project Examples

Pizza shops , Marketing agencies, bike shop etc.

Additional company criteria

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

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the course to review the project scope.

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.