Consulting Project

Course description

This course will provide students with the opportunity to apply theory underpinning successful execution of a consulting project in a real-world, real-time business environment / research experience. Students will address a variety of key topics including setting goals, identifying dependency relationships, outlining resources required, managing concurrent activities, reviewing decision theory, and monitoring/controlling projects. With the support of faculty and the client organization, students will be required to select aspects of the client's business operations for study with the intent of producing a consulting report that showcases the purpose of the project, strategic analysis of the situation, critical thinking, recommendations, and the research methodology adopted. Students will also summarize and conclude their consulting project with a presentation of their report and findings. The focus will be on applying theory and key skills developed in previous courses, including effective communication, collaboration and relationship building, business report writing, that also require students to integrate global and domestic business concepts and apply them to problem-solve their consulting project. This course will provide students with "hard practice" in working through and completing a full business consulting project.

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