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University Canada West
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Manish Bhatia
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General
  • Post-graduate
  • 34 learners; teams of 6
  • 20 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 1/3 project matches
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
  • Any company type
  • Any industries
Categories
Marketing Market research Advertising Market expansion Product or service launch Sales strategy
Skills
strategic marketing marketing management master of business administration (mba) marketing research marketing research
Project timeline
  • July 4, 2023
    Experience start
  • July 21, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • September 17, 2023
    Experience end
Overview
Details

This semester MBA students working in small groups will apply their knowledge in marketing to help your organization seize a marketing opportunity, develop a strategic marketing plan, or solve a current marketing challenge. The students will use marketing research, strategy, digital promotional tools, and marketing best practices to create a report and presentation.

Learner skills
Strategic marketing, Marketing management, Master of business administration (mba), Marketing research, Marketing, Research
Deliverables

Students will submit a 10 page report including their research, analysis, insights, and recommendations.

Students will also submit a pdf slide deck summarizing their key findings and recommendations to share with your employees.

Project Examples

Marketing research, Sales & marketing, Business strategy

Additional company criteria

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

Available to attend the students’ marketing plan online presentation during the final week of the course as well as to provide feedback to the instructor and students.

Provide a secondary contact who will be available to the students if the primary contact is unresponsive.

Attend a kickoff class online meeting to tell students about your company and your goals for the project before the first millstone Assess and judge the "top" student project and provide a letter of recommendation or LinkedIn recommendation for each student in the top student group. (Student chooses LinkedIn or letter)

Respond to student and educator inquiries/emails/messages within 2-3 business days.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions (The best is to be able to attend a weekly/bi-weekly office hour with the students about 15 min per team) (first or second week)

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