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Management Consulting Capstone Project
The Management Consulting project gives students the opportunity to develop skills in managing an actual consulting project with real clients ranging from a small business and start-up to a large organization like the Toronto Blue Jays and Loblaw Companies. Students work in teams and are responsible for projects on everything from studying customer opinion to developing strategies for workforce retention.
Typical projects have included:
- Market research and competitor analysis
- Investigating and assessing new market opportunities
- Studying customer opinions and needs
- Reviewing operations to improve profitability
- Developing strategies for workforce attraction and retention
- Key personnel succession planning
- Determining executive development requirements
What do clients say about our consulting teams
4.7 / 5
Professional
Organized
High quality research
4.6 / 5
Productive study
Overall team assessment
4.4 / 5
Quality presentations
Valuable study findings
Feedback from our key client executives
“Overall, the team presented some great research and solutions to the problem presented.”
“I really enjoyed the presentation of demographics and statistical data with the report.”
“This team did a fantastic job with their analysis for our market expansion.”
Some recent clients have included
Consulting elective courses
Term offered: Winter 2025
This course will examine consulting process models and their application, and help students develop specific skills to assist in their consulting careers. Students will study real life consulting projects with practitioners in order to explore consulting skills, roles, skills and services.
0.5 Credits
Term offered: Winter 2025
Consulting is a major service industry. This course will examine the nature of consulting work, firm structure and the services that are provided, as well as the ways in which consultants and clients work together successfully. Both the theory and the practice of consulting will be addressed. This course will be relevant to students who anticipate being external or internal consultants and includes elements of self-assessment and career planning.
0.5 Credits