Virtual Consulting Projects
In this experience, students will engage in an industry-specific consulting project led by a professor in partnership with international organizations, where the organizations present a problem for the students to solve. Students apply strategic consulting practices to provide recommendations on how the organization might solve the issue/problem at hand. At the end of the course, students share their recommendations with the organization through a virtual professional presentation.
Global Consulting Projects are available in the following areas/fields:
ART
• Fine Arts
• Art History
• Archaeology
• Museum Studies
BUSINESS
• International Management
• Global Marketing
• Ethics
• Finance
• Strategic Communication
• Organizational Leadership and Change
COMMUNICATION
• Strategic Communication
• Intercultural Communication
• Journalism
• Media Studies
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
• Mediterranean Ecology
• Mediterranean Geology
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Diplomacy
• Human Rights
• Peace Studies
LANGUAGE (French and Spanish)
• Translation
• Publication
SELF-DESIGN
• Co-created experience between student and faculty based on student needs, interests, and goals
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COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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CON 342: Global Consulting Projects - In this course, students apply the core elements of organizational consulting to real-life scenarios across a variety of industries. A large part of the course contains an industry-specific consulting project led by a professor in partnership with international organizations, where the organizations present a problem for the students to solve. Students work in groups and use strategic consulting practices to provide recommendations on how the company can optimize the social, managerial, and technological aspects of organizational performance. At the end of the course, students share their recommendations with the organization through a virtual professional presentation. |