MN50653: Consulting project
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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By the end of this unit, students will:
* be able to undertake consulting projects in a professional manner and be able to develop solutions to business problems that consider practical issues such as context, size, and budget * have an understanding of how they can develop, work within and manage effective and innovative consulting teams; * have acquired and developed consulting skills. |
| Aims: | * To provide students with the opportunity to encounter the real-life process of consulting with small organisations facing specific business challenges; * To integrate the multi-disciplinary knowledge and insight gained from the core taught programme and their personal experience; * To provide students with the opportunity and skills to develop, work within and manage international teams; * To embed consulting skills along with an understanding of how high-performance and creative teams are developed and managed. |
| Skills: | Group work; analytical problem-solving; presentational skills; lateral integration of management activities.
Transferable/Key Skills * an ability to develop a holistic perspective on an organization and an understanding of how the different functions relate to one another; * an appreciation and in-depth understanding of the resources and competences required for successful cross-functional management in organisations including consulting skills. Professional Practical Skills * deal with complex issues and make sound judgements in the absence of complete information, and to communicate their conclusions clearly and competently to a range of audiences; * operate effectively both independently as well as within teams and assume leadership roles where appropriate. Personal/Interpersonal * the facility to communicate including presenting and marketing themselves and their ideas; preparation and production of effective business plans and reports; * the ability to recognise risks and opportunities and to use their consulting skills to the advantage of organisations |
| Content: | The unit introduces students to the role of consulting in business improvement and revolves around teams undertaking live consulting projects in teams with organisations. The organisations will typically be small in nature and/or social enterprises. During the unit, teams will work with their assigned organisation on a specific business problem drawing on the knowledge gained during the core taught part of the MBA programme. Groups will then be expected to present solutions back to their assigned organisation and to the rest of the MBA cohort. It is anticipated that this unit will be delivered in a short, intense period of one to two weeks based on the availability of business partners. |
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MN50653 is Compulsory on the following courses:School of Management
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