Agricultural Economics and Business Capstone
General
- Undergraduate; 3rd year, 4th year
- 5 learners; individual projects
- 140 hours per learner
- Dates set by projects
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 2/3 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Agriculture, Banking & finance, Energy, Environment, Food & beverage
Categories
Overview
- Details
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Are you a business in the food/agricultural sector experiencing a challenge related to marketing, growth, or strategy? Work with students completing an independent study at the University of Guelph to gain valuable insights and develop a plan for success. Students will devote 140 hours to your project, and the deliverables will be agreed upon between the business and the student. Students are in their third or fourth year of undergraduate studies in agricultural economics and business and have gained knowledge of and skills with a focus on food and agricultural industries in
- quantitative analysis , e.g. using regression analysis,
- strategic analysis, e.g. using SWOT, PESTEL
- planning tools, e.g. Business Model Canvas with Value Proposition Canvas
- public policy impact analysis (cost-benefit analysis)
Students have good communication and team working skills.
- Learner skills
- Problem solving, Communication, Quantitative and analytical skills, Creating and proposing reasonable solutions, Time management and self-organization, Assess own skills relative to employer/industry needs
- Deliverables
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- Policy or strategy briefs
- Infographics
- Written reports
- Presentation, usually with slide deck
- Poster presentation
- In few cases, student have gained skills to develop video or animated material
Project Examples
Depending on the complexity of the decision problem, students can deliver on the following in full or in part (students are expected to allocate 140 hours to a project):
- Literature review
- Marketing plan
- Business plan
- Investment appraisal/capital budgeting
- Market analysis and forecast
- Supply chain management
- Cost-benefit analysis of public policy
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Will there be a dedicated supervisor to the student during the project?
Project plan regarding objectives, methods, timelines has to be coordinated between employer, student and faculty advisor. Are you willing to do that?
Are you flexible regarding team size, i.e. from one student to small team of three?