Jun 16, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2019-20 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2019-20 [Archived Catalog]

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MGT 3730 - Entrepreneurial Business Consulting


During this applied learning experience, students are assigned to work as consultants with a real business. They will conduct background research, analyze the client’s current situation and context, and make recommendations on how to address a defined business problem. It is intended to enhance students’ analytical skills while giving them the opportunity to apply business and other academic concepts to a real-world situation. Also addressed are general business skills, such as report writing, presentation, client interaction skills, and team management skills.

Requisites: (MGT 3550 AND MGT 3700) or (MGT 3740 and ACCT 3770)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture, 4.0 practicum
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Conduct effective research in support of project demands.
  • Demonstrate awareness of a client firm’s competitive prospects, industry, and market(s).
  • Develop and maintain an effective working relationship with project manager(s), clients, and project team members.
  • Employ tools, models, and academic knowledge as they analyze the contexts and challenges facing their client(s).
  • Generate high-quality project deliverables, including as appropriate: written reports, presentations, business tools, and other items as requested by the client.
  • Identify and describe business problems facing the client, and propose a prioritized order in which to address those problems.
  • Manage time, deadlines, and competing project demands appropriately.
  • Recommend useful, relevant, and appropriate solutions to a project’s focal problem(s).



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