Student-consultants in teams of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.

Project examples include but are not limited to:

• Business plans and feasibility studies
• Fundraising and development initiatives
• Recruitment and retention strategies
• Corporate partnership strategies
• Marketing plans and expansion strategies

If you are making a request for this course, please use the Master of Management- Community Business Project Template, found here and at the bottom of this page under Project Templates

Application Criteria

In scoring your application, your submission will be assessed based on the following criteria:

1. Organization type fits within the eligibility of the Community Business Project (e.g., Non-for-profit, Social Enterprise, Charitable Organization, Corporation with affiliation(s) to social ventures, Corporation with CSR initiative(s), Environmentally-focused business, Start-up with community initiatives/impacts). You may be asked to provide proof of charitable status.
2. Projects must have a well-articulated scope, with clearly defined deliverables that can be achieved within the time frame of the CBP. Organization must also show that all required resources will be available to the team and that they can be flexible on deliverables in order to ensure student success.
3. Projects must incorporate all of the following five (5) components: 1) Specific Problem or Opportunity 2) Primary Research (ie. online survey, in person/telephone interviews or public intercept questionnaires), 3) Secondary Research (online and/or documents provided by client), 4) Recommendations (to achieve specific problem/opportunity), 5) Action Plan (including timing to implement recommendations).
4. Project enables students to apply their academic and professional business skills/expertise to provide solutions to complex/challenging real-world business problems.
5. Ability of the organization to provide the student team with project resources to ensure students are set up for success in meeting the project deliverables.