Module Specifications.
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
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Date posted: September 2024 No Banner module data is 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. Explore Strategic Management consulting and the tools and techniques in collecting and analysing field data; 2. Critically analyse the nature and characteristics of strategy in management consulting, and the role of consultants, in resolving organisational issues at indigenous and global levels 3. 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 communicating recommendations to stakeholders 4. Research, analyse, evaluate and propose practical and responsible business options given the project constraints in consulting work 5. Understand complex and unstructured situations by identifying the core strategic challenges and issues. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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