consulting field project

CONSULTING FIELD PROJECT 2017 CONSULTING
FIELD PROJECT
Your organization, like others in this new millennium, faces a changing business and
societal environment. These changes require developing the best strategies possible to
arrive at the most appropriate solutions. Why not give our MBA students the opportunity
to work with you and apply their recently acquired skills in analyzing problems related
to organizational change.
This year, we celabrate the 20th anniversary of the MBA program’s Consulting Field
Projects. To date, more than 550 consulting projects have been realized for
private-and public-sector firms as well as for non-profit organizations. Your company
can be part of the Project by accepting to assign a task to a multidisciplinary team of
students for five weeks. Under the guidance of an HEC professor, students will conduct
an in-depth analysis of your company’s needs, evaluate various strategies and then
propose concrete solutions.
Students in the HEC Montréal MBA program form a mosaic of abilities and experience.
Added to a wide-ranging base of academic knowledge, is an equally impressive cultural
diversity, with more than half of the students in the program from abroad. This wealth
of expertise is complemented by a state-of-the-art education that focuses on integration
and mastery of skills, concepts and techniques essential to managing in a more
demanding economy.
It is an opportunity for your company to benefit from the expertise and know-how of
HEC Montréal, and at the same time to help today’s MBA students become the managers
and leaders of tomorrow.
TYPES
OF PROJECTS
(The projects listed here
are merely examples)
Managing Change
§§Acquisition strategy for buying
out a partner or competitor
§§Action plan for using e-commerce
§§Changes in human resources
management
§§Communication strategy using
new media such as Facebook,
Twitter, …
§§Continuous quality
improvement initiative
§§Co-operative project with
humanitarian organizations
§§Development of a product
marketing strategy
§§Integration of new technologies
for services industries
§§Process re-engineering –
purchasing, shipping, customer
service, etc.
§§Process re-engineering to include
new technologies
International
§§ Analyses of business opportunities
– detailed analysis of the market
for a product or service
§§ Developing business relations
– identification of suppliers or
retailers or partners
Élaine Lamontagne, MBA
Coordinator, Consulting Field Projects
§§ Projects with humanitarian
organizations
A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
- A four-student team
- A five-week duration
- Around 800 hours of work
- A coordinator who approves the general
subject of the project
- A cost of $8,000 payable to HEC Montréal
- A contract between the client, the students
and the supervising professor
DEADLINE
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER / JANUARY / FEBRUARY
Reception and assignation of the projects
AT THE LATEST, FEBRUARY 25th
Final approval of the project and signing of the contract
BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 20th
UNTIL FRIDAY, APRIL 21st INCLUDED
Project realization
Formal presentation to the client and delivery of the final report
For more information, see our Website
hec.ca/mba/projects or contact:
Élaine Lamontagne, Coordinator
Telephone: 514 340-6378
E-mail: [email protected]
TESTIMONIALS
COMPANIES
KRUGER INC.
“The team has demonstrated outstanding thinking in their approach to the mandate.
They acted fast to gather the required information and demonstrated the high level
of ­professionalism while putting the report together and presenting the findings
to m
­ anagement team.” (2015)
Julia Shylo, Innovation Process Manager, Kruger Inc.
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL ASIA
“The MBA team put forth a significant effort to make this project a successful one. The
students picked up a wealth of insurance knowledge (from sales to product to general
operation) in a very short time and were able to identify the deficiencies in our current
processes as well as make recommendations to improve. Their willingness to learn, adapt
and be creative was much appreciated by the company.” (2014)
Clement Lam, Chief Product Actuary, Asia, Sun Life Financial Asia
HYDRO-QUÉBEC
Pantone 547C
100C 29M 27Y 79K
0R 57G 70B
Marie-Josée Dauvet, Chef Développement, leadership et organisation, Hydro-Québec
BANQUE NATIONALE
« L’équipe a su arriver à une conclusion très innovante. Nous sommes en train
d’évaluer la possibilité de la mettre en œuvre. La diversité de l’équipe d’étudiants
et le fait que la plupart d’entre eux n’avaient pas d’expérience dans le milieu
bancaire ont apporté beaucoup de richesse à la réflexion. » (2016)
Naomi Bilodeau, Vice-présidente déléguée, Marchés Entreprises
CGI
« Tous les membres du groupe étaient très impliqués, très professionnels. Ils étaient
également très ouverts aux commentaires/suggestions. Pendant notre conférence
annuelle au début du mois de juin où plus de 800 leaders étaient présents, nous avons
utilisé leur matériel pour le lancement de notre planification stratégique 2017. » (2016)
Julie Godin, Vice-présidente exécutive –
Ressources Humaines et Planification stratégique
HEC Montréal – MBA
3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal (Québec) H3T 2A7
Telephone: 514 340-6378 / 514 340-6294 Fax: 514 340-7327
hec.ca/mba/projects
SDG-7531
Pantone 124C
0C 27M 100Y 0K
234R 171G 0B
« Travail impressionnant réalisé en seulement 5 semaines dans un domaine
très peu développé. Les résultats seront un intrant important dans la réflexion
quant à l’orientation qui sera donnée au niveau des pratiques en matière
de changements organisationnels. » (2015)