Capstone Course: Business Management

BUSS-5810
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Main contact
Cape Breton University
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lecturer
1
Timeline
  • September 23, 2024
    Program start
  • November 30, 2024
    Program end
Program
4 projects wanted
Dates set by program
Preferred companies
Canada
Any company type
Any industries

Program scope

Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Market research Product or service launch
Skills
leadership business strategy communication research analysis
Participant goals and capabilities

This semester a group of students will spend 100hours per group analysing an organizational challenge of your choice and developing a strategy to help you address your challenge. Based on information you provide, each team will deliver an action plan that incorporates your unique circumstances and outlines a path to more efficient and effective operations.


Participants

Participants
Post-graduate
Any level
50 participants
Project
110 hours per participant
Coordinators assign participants to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Each student group will submit a 150-70 page written report detailing the problem, recommended solutions, and action plan.

Each group will also complete a 20 minute presentation highlighting important findings and recommendations moving forward.

Project timeline
  • September 23, 2024
    Program start
  • November 30, 2024
    Program end

Project Examples

Requirements

Examples include but are not limited to:

  • Manage a significant organizational change or restructuring.
  • Integrate cultures in a merger or acquisition.
  • Develop an environmental sustainability plan.
  • Develop a plan to re-imagine your mission, vision, and purpose and roll it out to employees.
  • Assess your organizational structure's fit with your organization's strategy.
  • Develop a plan to increase diversity and its' positive effects in your organization.
  • Marketing Plan
  • New Venture Analysis
  • Brand Development

Additional company criteria

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

  • Q1 - Checkbox
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  • Q2 - Checkbox
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  • Q3 - Checkbox
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