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Organizational Consulting Project

MSCI 211
Closed
Main contact
University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Umair Shah
Lecturer
(1)
3
Timeline
  • January 28, 2018
    Experience start
  • January 23, 2018
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 3, 2018
    Midway Check In
  • April 5, 2018
    Experience end
Experience
8 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Leadership Organizational structure
Skills
consulting data analysis design thinking strategy consumer research
Learner goals and capabilities

Five groups (each with a team lead) of Student-consultant teams will develop an action plan that addresses a leadership or management challenge currently faced by your organization.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
240 learners
Project
50 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Phase 1 – Project Plan: Students will connect with organization representative(s) to devise the project scope and prepare a detailed plan for completion of the project.

Phase 2 – Project Execution: Students will work on deliverables outlined in the project plan. Teams will periodically communicate with organization representative(s) as needed to complete project tasks.

Phase 3 - Outcome: 10-page Report: Students will submit a detailed report on the outcomes of the project.

Project timeline
  • January 28, 2018
    Experience start
  • January 23, 2018
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 3, 2018
    Midway Check In
  • April 5, 2018
    Experience end

Project examples

Beginning this January, (over a six-week period) up to four student-consultant teams will spend 250 hours per group understanding an organizational challenge and developing a strategy to help you address it.

Based on information you provide, consultant teams will deliver an action plan that accounts for your unique circumstances and outlines a path to more efficient and productive operations.

Project examples could include, but are not limited to:

  • Manage a significant organizational change or restructuring.
  • Reduce employee turnover or absenteeism or increase workplace safety.
  • Integrate cultures in a merger or acquisition.
  • Develop an environmental sustainability plan.
  • Redesign an internal system or process including hiring, socialization, compensation, motivation, team management, learning, and training.
  • Develop a plan to re-imagine your mission, vision, and purpose and roll it out to employees.
  • Assess your organizational structure's fit with your organization's strategy.
  • Develop a plan to increase diversity and its' positive effects in your organization.

Additional company criteria

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

  • Q1 - Checkbox
    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.
  • Q2 - Checkbox
    Kick off the project with a 1-2 hour interview with your student groups.
  • Q3 - Checkbox
    Must be willing to work with up to 4 student groups (each group will have a communication lead).
  • Q4 - Checkbox
    Minimum of 2-4 interactions with the students remotely (approximately 4-6 hours over the duration of the project).
  • Q5 - Checkbox
    Provide a dedicated contact who will be available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address student’s questions or provide additional information.
  • Q6 - Checkbox
    Create a detailed scope document for the student groups to use.