GRA 8143 Consultancy Project (2012/2013)
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APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014
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GRA 8143 Consultancy Project (2012/2013)
Responsible for the course
Ragnhild Kvålshaugen
Department
Department of Strategy and Logistics
Term
According to study plan
ECTS Credits
15
Language of instruction
English
Introduction
The Consultancy Project is an integral part of the EMBA degree. The subject for the consultancy project is provided by a company and must be approved by the Associate Dean EMBA. The project is supervised by a company representative who ensures that the project is being led according to the company's objectives and guidelines, as well as by a BI professor (faculty advisor) whose role is to validate the academic aspects.
Objective
The aim with the consultancy project is application of the knowledge and skills the students have acquired during the EMBA program. This will be done through a project where the students are to provide concrete advices on how to solve a real-life substantial managerial problem/challenge for an organization.
The consultancy project trains the students in how to produce an evidence-based analysis of a substantial managerial problem/challenge. The group should also consider challenges connected to realizing the suggested solution to the organization.
The work on the consultancy project is conducted as a team project. This also gives the students practical training in solving business problems together with other people.
The students' advices on how to solve the managerial problem/challenge are presented both as a written report and as a presentation in front of an audience.
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree or equivalent, 4 years work experience, managerial experience and good written and oral knowledge of the English language.
Compulsory reading
Recommended reading
Course outline
Participants to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the EMBA in a real-life business situation. The project ia an integral part of the EMBA program. It is two-fold:
- to experiment non heirarchical teamwork
- to serve as a red line for EMBA paricipants' knowledge application.
Computer-based tools
None
Course structure
The work with the consultancy project starts already in module 1 of the EMBA program where the students get general information about what is expected from a consultancy project. The students also start to form groups at this time. The consultancy project goups are self-organized by the students. By module 3 the groups should be form and the topic for the consultancy project should be approved. Between module 3 and 4 each group will receive a faculty advisor. The concrete work on the consultancy project takes place between module 3 and 6.
The consultancy project should be handed in via It's learning and will then be distributed to the faculty advisor (internal examinator) and an external examinator. Further, the project should also be delivered to the company in the form of a final consultancy report and a presentation.
Estimated project's workload is 200 hours for each participant.
Examination
The students are evaluated through the team report and its oral presentation in front of a jury consisting of the(faculty advisor and an external examinator usually the Associate Dean.
The team report counts 70 % of total grade and oral presentation counts 30 %.
Examination code(s)
GRA 81431 - Process evaluation; counts for 100 % to pass the program GRA 8143, 15 credits
Examination support materials
Re-sit examination
Re-takes are only possible at the next time a course will be held. When course evaluation consists of class participation or process elements, the whole course must me re-evaluated when a student wants to retake a exam. Retake examinations entail an extra examination fee..
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