Business program consulting projects focus on applied learning. These intensive, three to six student team-based projects are supervised by a business faculty member, and the structure can vary widely. generally, each team is responsible for improving the client organization by analyzing a major challenge or opportunity and delivering practical solutions that meet the client's needs. Students work in active partnership with their client as they learn to distinguish between symptoms and root causes of business issues, defining their scope and developing plans to resolve them.
Areas of consulting may include, but are not limited to, the following:
marketing/ sales
human resources
IT & websites
inventory control
strategic planning
production scheduling
financial planning and control (cash flows analysis)
accounting systems/business ratios break even analysis
operations
growth management
manufacturing
Business program consulting projects can require up to 400 cumulative hours and may run for 12 - 16 weeks. Typically a fee ranging from $200 - $1,500 is charged to the client.