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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
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.

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

Required questions to apply

Companies must answer the following custom questions in order to apply 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.