CONSULTING SKILLS

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-M1S1-OPS-MA-CE02UE
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
O.BOUCLIER
Stakeholder(s)
Joahn Bruneel,
Antonio Giuliani,
Jean-Marc Delperie,
Rodrigo Kambayashi
Level
Master
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
There are no formal pre-requisites, but students are expected to have had at least one course in corporate strategy or entrepreneurship.
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

• Engage in the development of a strategy focused on innovation, transformation, change and/or growth.
• Assess and synthesize data from various sources and across different fields.
• Develop, and suggest both creative and data-driven solutions.
• Analyze, anticipate and solve complex problems with the appropriate methodology.
• Work in teams with rigor and discipline.
• Provide professional quality presentation.
Presentation
Students work on a real consulting project. At the end of the course, they provide a concise capstone report (ppt-like) and make a group presentation. This final report draws from data (external and internal dynamic forces) and frame a current or potential business problem, define a strategic challenge and identify a business opportunity.
Students brainstorm on ideas, provide possible evidenced-based solutions and an implementation plan. They tell a data-driven story that is both descriptive and prescriptive and that addresses at least one of the following topics:

1. The growth of the firm
2. A new business model, a transformation, a platform/ecosystem, a new value proposition to customers and/or other stakeholders
3. The firm’s strategy effectiveness (different activities from those of rivals and/or similar activities to those of rivals but in different ways)
4. A CSR/Creating Shared Value project (so with both societal gains and business benefits)

In sum, the final report provides recommendations that can help the firm anticipate the future, solve or prevent a problem, adapt, grow and outperform today’s and/or future rivals.

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Travail personnel
Individual Project 26,00
Group Project 28,00
Charge de travail personnel indicative 10,00
Présentiel
Cours interactif 2,00
Coaching 14,00
Overall student workload 80,00
Evaluation
Students will be provided a group project progress report 3 to 4 times over the 6 sessions of this course. Rubric is described in a detailed syllabus (IESEG online), which is/will be available on IESEG online.
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Autres
Projet Individuel 0,00 0 20,00
Projet Collectif 0,00 0 80,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
At the discretion of each faculty member, see IESEG online -