Business Consulting

BUS399
Closed
Strayer University
Herndon, Virginia, United States
Staff
(1)
2
Timeline
  • October 12, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 14, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • November 5, 2020
    Mid-Point Check-Ins with Each Team
  • November 25, 2020
    Final Presentation with Selected Teams
  • November 28, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
2/2 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Marketing strategy
Skills
project planning business consulting business strategy marketing strategy
Learner goals and capabilities

What business or marketing process, organizational or management improvements can you implement to help you achieve your business goals? In this project, a team of students in the Bachelor of Business Administration program will help you develop a solution for a business-related opportunity you may be facing.

Beginning in October, teams of 4-5 students will work with your organization to support you with achieving your key business objectives by developing a recommended plan of action.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
30 learners
Project
50 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables
  • Project plan and weekly status reports
  • Final project report with recommendations and an executive summary
  • Presentation of recommendations from top one or two teams (via a virtual webinar format)
Project timeline
  • October 12, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 14, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • November 5, 2020
    Mid-Point Check-Ins with Each Team
  • November 25, 2020
    Final Presentation with Selected Teams
  • November 28, 2020
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Management: 

  • Develop a project plan, business and marketing plan for a business
  • Propose a plan to improve leadership strategies or behaviors, leadership development, or create a training plan
  • Develop a solution to an ethical dilemma that a company is facing
  • Assess operational strategies and practices

Marketing:

  • Marketing communications- sample advertisement, consumer behavior analysis for a new product (likely purchasers, strategies that align to consumers)
  • Positioning statement, motto for a brand
  • Situation analysis – the four Ps: product, place, price, promotion
  • SWOT analysis
  • Marketing strategies based on markets, segments, and customer value and an implementation plan for that strategy with measures for performance

Additional company criteria

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

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