In-Company Projects
As part of their MBA or MSc programmes, our postgraduate students are required to produce a research based management projects/dissertation. Many of these can be focused on helping individual organizations to solve a specific problem or issue or develop an opportunity.
Projects are developed between May and August and a final report of 12,500 - 15,000 words is submitted for assessment by the end of September. Students usually conclude by presenting their findings to the company/organization in a formal presentation.
How the Organization benefits?
- Excellent value: High-quality consultancy services at low cost
- Fresh ideas: Students bring an unbiased objective view to the organization
- Quality service: Most MBA students have at least five years of work experience and are supported by an academic supervisor
- Future employees: Projects can be an excellent source of future employees.
What does it cost?
NOTHING but most organizations readily pay the student for a piece of high-quality consultancy. The student and the organization negotiate and agree fees. Organizations are also expected to pay all out-of-pocket expenses such as travel and research materials.
How does it work?
We expect a sponsoring organization to submit an outline project proposal by mid January. In this way we can source and agree on a particular student well in time for work to commence in May.
Proposal forms (Word format) can be downloaded and printed by clicking on this link.
Once we have received your proposal form, we will co-ordinate the application process for the recruitment of a suitable student. We can also arrange for you to interview candidates at the School of Management. Once you have selected a suitable student, he or she will meet you to develop the project brief. At this stage the academic supervisor will be appointed to provide advice and support on what can be realistically achieved in the timeframe.
Recent Management Project titles include:
- Strategic risk management for foreign investors in the Russian Federation
- Transferring from a traditional business to an e-business
- Global business plan for pollution control
- Implications of mergers and acquisitions in the petrochemical industry
- The entry-mode decision process: British clothing retailers in Poland
- Partnering - an engineering-design support service
- Measuring customer satisfaction among UK café consumers
Previous sponsors of projects include:
Abbey National, Asda, Boddingtons, Bovis Construction, Bradford and Bingley, Bradford Community Health, Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust, Britvic Soft Drinks, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Comet, Easyjet, Elida Gibbs, Eversheds, Grant Thornton, Grattan, Harrods, Hay Management Consultants, HSBC, ICI, Jarvis Porter, Leeds and Holbeck Building Society, L'Ortaz (Taiwan), Marks and Spencer, Prudential Corporation. Rank Hovis McDougall, Reckitt and Coleman, Royal Mail, Schlumberger, Smith and Nephew, Spring Ram Corporation, Symphony Group, Tate and Lyle, Texaco, Trebor Basset, Ventura, Westbury Homes, Willis Corroon Group, Yorkshire Forward, Zeneca, 600 Group
What to do now
For further information please download a leaflet or contact Lorraine Lucas, Postgraduate Career-Development Adviser:
Bradford University School of Management
Emm Lane
Bradford
BD9 4JL
Tel: 01274 235308
Fax: 01274 546866
E-mail: careers.mgt@bradford.ac.uk
execed@bradford.ac.uk