Module: Strategic Consultancy Project II

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Strategic Consultancy Project II
Module Code	HR5017 (ITS) / MNA1060 (Banner)
Faculty	DCU Business School	School	DCU Business School
Module Co-ordinator	David Mann
Module Teachers	John Loonam
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	25
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

The Strategic Consultancy Project is an educational collaboration between a client organisation and DCU Business School. The module requires students to work with the client company as a consulting team to overcome highly complex, fragmented, and ambiguous organizational challenges. This module will require consulting teams to diagnose and analyze a specific organizational challenge. Students will be required to engage with the client in field research, analyze data, propose interventions for planned change, and make recommendations to senior management for strategic action.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically analyse the nature and characteristics of consulting and the role of a consultants in resolving organisational issues in a local, national and global context through conducting Client Company report
2. Understand complex and unstructured situations by identifying the core problems and issues.
3. Explore Strategic Management consulting and the tools and techniques in collecting and analysing field data;
4. Research, analyse, evaluate and propose practical and responsible business options given the project constraints in consulting work
5. Evaluate and apply key attributes sought by companies in the engagement of management consultants including interpersonal skills, time management, commercial awareness, initiative within ambiguity, independent learning and team collaboration skills, and effectively communicate the outcomes to stakeholders

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Seminars	20	Online and in person
Directed learning	30	Supervision meetings
Independent Study	200	Reading journals & text books, policy documents, practice guidelines; self-directed study; engagement with clients
Report	300	Preparation for assessment (also to include completion of assessment) Searching, for a client. Writing terms of reference for client. Preparation and completion of consultancy report.
Report	25	Executive briefing report
Class Presentation	50	Team presentation and Q&A to client (90 mins)
Total Workload: 625

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Report(s)	Executive Briefing Client Report	15%	n/a
Presentation	Consulting teams will make a Presentation on their findings to respective client organisations	15%	n/a
Group assignment	Final 30,000 word group assignment	70%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Jones, B and M. Brazzel: 2006, The NTL Handbook of Organization Development & Change: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives, Wiley Publications, San Francisco,
Newton, R.: 2019, The Management Consultant: Mastering the Art of Consultancy., 2, Pearson Education UK,

Other Resources

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