HMGT102: Consulting Project Instructions
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Intro/Overview
One of the key graduation requirements for all second year students is the completion of a consulting project. This, along with your reflective journal, will form the core of your assignments for the final work term.
This project is meant to showcase the courses and learning that you have acquired. It should meet two specific objectives:
- It needs to fulfill a need or solve a problem for a
- It will allow you to apply the skills and abilities you have developed during the past two years, showcasing your talents and moving you closer to your longer- term career
There are two elements to the project:
Part A: Develop and submit a project charter that both yourself and your employer agree to and have signed off on.
Part B: Delivery of the final completed report. This essentially means that you are delivering on what you said you were going to do.
The Client
- In most circumstances, it is expected that your client will be your internship
- This project gives you an opportunity to showcase your knowledge, skills and abilities to your employer in a manner that moves beyond your coop
- Should you have a project in mind that does not involve your employer, but somehow will benefit your career in another manner, then discuss this with your
- Don’t limit yourself to the job you are currently Look at the property as a whole. Use this project to broaden your understanding of the operation and its needs as well as your network.
The Project – Information
- The key to developing a good project proposal is understanding the needs of the operation; either through observation and/or
- A good project is designed to address a problem or challenge within the It should be something that they have not had the resources to tackle (time, money, expertise, etc.) but that they would benefit upon completion.
- This is not a “revision” or “updating” of existing work (Like job descriptions. It should result in the research and development of new information or ideas that help to address something which the property needs to get done or to improve their competitive advantages in the marketplace.
Example:
Please note that any and all work that you submit must be original, and not copied and pasted from any previous work, or the work of others. References must be provided in text and at the end of your project following APA guidelines used by the Camosun College School of Business <http://camosun.ca/learn/school/business/current-students/documents/Avoiding-Plagiarism-APA.pdf>.
Some Ideas:
- Sustainability (IE – does the property have a sustainability program? Does a sustainability audit need to be implemented?)
- Social Media (What kind of online presence does the property have? Is the property effective in monitoring their online image and do they know what their web presence is?)
- Competitive Assessment – Examining a component of the operation relative to immediate competitors – could be in banquets, food service comparisons, )
- Menu Engineering and Analysis –has this been performed within the food service department of your operation?
- Silent Shopper – has an internal assessment of service quality been implemented? If not, could develop and deliver a service assessment for the property?