MBA Consulting Project

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

This unit is a project-oriented course in which students work as teams of consultants to support a given client to solve a real business challenge. Group of students work together on a given project for the whole duration of the course, in direct contact with the client organization and with the supervision of a professor. 

Learning Outcomes

Objectives

Provide students a direct contact with an organization and an opportunity to solve a real business challenge, developing consulting competencies.

Competencies

At the end of the course, students are expected to have a solid knowledge the consulting process. They should be able to mobilize and apply management knowledge acquired during the rest of the MBA program and to solve a business challenge in a structured and coordinated manner.  

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Management consulting in context and how it adds value

2. Identification and articulation of organizational challenges

3. Working with clients and teams. The “soft skills”

4. Data collection techniques

5. Data analysis

6. Developing solutions

7. Preparing project reports and client presentations. 

Head Lecturer(s)

Pedro Marcelo Amado Garcia da Rocha Torres

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Periodic or by final exam as given in the course information: 100.0%

Bibliography

Wickman, L. & Wilcock, J. (2012). Management Consulting: Delivering an Effective Project. Pearson, U.K., Edinburgh Gate