Dec 14, 2025  
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2019-20 
    
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2019-20 [Archived Catalog]

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LPA 5840 - Entrepreneurial Consulting for Public and Non-Profit Organizations


Designed to initially overview the consulting profession with a subsequent emphasis on entrepreneurial consulting issues as well as to introduce students to the entrepreneurial business enterprise in the public and non-profit sectors, its functional areas, challenges and success factors. Effort will be placed on developing proficiencies in a range of skills required to practice consulting as well as start, scale and run a successful organization. The course is relevant to those 1) who are specifically interested in consulting careers and / or 2) whose area of interest involves entrepreneurship, starting, scaling, managing and leading organizations in the public/non-profit sectors.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Develop strategies and recommendations for entrepreneurial issues.
  • Gain knowledge of consulting practices.
  • Gain practice in conducting a field-consulting project.
  • Improve your ability to define key factors and issues relevant to a consulting engagement and examine their inter-relationships and learn to “massage” them conceptually.
  • Improve your ability to present analyses of entrepreneurial and organizational issues and problems in a concise, accurate, clear and interesting manner from the perspective of a consultant.



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