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Small Businesses Management (Summer)

BUSI 660
Closed
University Canada West
University Canada West
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alexander Sakharov
Faculty
(9)
6
Timeline
  • July 29, 2022
    Experience start
  • August 1, 2022
    Proposal
  • September 20, 2022
    Experience end
Experience
1/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Startup, Small to medium enterprise, Sole proprietorship, Family-Owned
Any industries
Categories
Operations Project management Product or service launch
Skills
organizational behavior organizational structure management
Student goals and capabilities

Small businesses face unique challenges that can impede productivity and result in costly turnover. In this project, teams of business students with backgrounds in entrepreneurship, human resources, and organizational behaviour will analyze your organization’s structure and management to develop recommendations for improvement.

Students
Graduate
Any level
35 students
Project
15 hours per student
Students self-assign
Teams of 6
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Final deliverables include:

  • A presentation reviewing student findings and recommendations.
Project timeline
  • July 29, 2022
    Experience start
  • August 1, 2022
    Proposal
  • September 20, 2022
    Experience end
Project Examples

Based on a management issue and challenges that you currently face, the students will research and analyze your organization’s goals and existing structure to provide you with strategic recommendations.

Examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Restructuring your organization based on an organizational challenge.
  • Identifying areas of your organization to focus hiring efforts.
  • Suggesting incentive packages improve employee retention and morale.
  • Developing strategies to improve employee productivity and satisfaction.
  • Developing recommendations for your organization to meet a goal or solve a challenge.
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

The business should be legally registered in Canada. Ideally (not required), operate in Greater Vancouver Area, BC.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

Provide the opportunity for the on-time feedback

Be able to attend a weekly/bi-weekly office hour with the students (15-25 min per team, 4-8 teams in total)

Provide generic reference letters (using the corporate style paper format) to all the students and individual reference letters to the students from the winning team

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.