MBA Intensive Consultancy

SUSX2021
Closed
University of Sussex
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
ZJ
Assistant Professor
1
General
  • Graduate
  • 26 learners; teams of 5
  • 100 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 2/6 project matches
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
  • Any
  • Sales, Retail, Food & beverage, Entertainment, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Business services, Apparel & fashion, Government, Technology, Education, Environment, Energy, Automotive, Consumer goods & services, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Banking & finance, Hospital, health, wellness & medical, Marketing & advertising, Trade & international business, Transport, trucking & railroad, Travel & tourism, Academic association, Airlines, aviation & aerospace, Business & management, Cosmetics & beauty, Defense & security, Events services, Human resources & recruitment, Media & production, Public relations & communications, Publishing & printing, Sports & fitness
Categories
General Accounting Operations Project management Product or service launch Marketing strategy
Skills
project planning business consulting business strategy marketing strategy competitive analysis
Project timeline
  • May 30, 2021
    Experience start
  • July 16, 2021
    Experience end
Overview
Details

A group of 5 MBA student-consultants will solve a challenge currently facing your organization over an intensive 2 to 2.5-week period.

Learner skills
Project planning, Business consulting, Business strategy, Marketing strategy, Competitive analysis
Deliverables

Final project deliverables include:

  • A 30-minute presentation including Q&A.
  • Detailed strategic project brief.
Project Examples

Beginning this May or June, a group of five MBA student-consultants will spend 80-100 hours each over an intensive 2 to 2.5-week period solving a challenge your organization is facing .

Based on the information and objectives you provide, the student-consultants will research, analyze, and develop a strategic plan to execute a solution for your challenge or opportunity.

Example challenges include, but are not limited to:

  • New market entry.
  • Value chain/Supply Chain analysis.
  • Marketing/Recruitment strategy.
  • Leadership or change management.
  • Operations management solutions.
  • Leveraging new technologies for change.
  • Expansion strategy.
  • Horizon Scanning and Competitive Landscape Mapping

Please ensure you are committed to meeting with students as near the project kickoff date as possible (May 31st or June 30th 2021), and that you'll be able to respond to their enquiries in a timely matter over the duration of the project. Because this is a short consulting engagement, any delays may prevent the students from completing the project effectively.

Additional company criteria

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

Be available for a quick phone call with the organizer to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the experience.

Present your project scope to the students, by teleconference at the beginning of the project, and be present for the student's final presentation at the end of the project

Provide students access to your company's internal data to allow them to complete analysis (NDAs can be signed, which should be done before project kick-off).

Touchpoints with your student group will be 2x live meetings of 90min with two touch points via conference call over the 2-2.5 week commitment in May and June

Have at least one million in annual revenue (or for non-profits, at least 20 employees)