Overview
Management Consulting Project is an experiential capstone course focused on the end-to-end delivery of a professional consulting engagement for an organization, simulated client, or community partner. Students investigate engagement ethics, scoping, contracting, client interviewing, stakeholder analysis, research design, data collection, problem structuring, hypothesis development, and evidence-based diagnosis.
Through team-based applied work, students conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis, benchmarking, financial and operational assessment, solution development, implementation planning, and change management. The course emphasizes confidentiality, project governance, professional communication, meeting facilitation, teamwork, analytical judgment, and the management of ambiguity.
Students produce a consulting charter, work plan, interim diagnostic, final report, implementation roadmap, client presentation, and individual reflection. The course develops the capacity to translate complex evidence into practical recommendations and communicate findings persuasively to executive and nontechnical audiences.
Learning Outcomes
- Define and scope a management problem in collaboration with a client or project sponsor.
- Design and execute a defensible research and data-collection approach appropriate to the consulting engagement.
- Apply stakeholder analysis, problem structuring, hypothesis development, root-cause analysis, benchmarking, and financial and operational assessment.
- Synthesize qualitative and quantitative evidence into clear, decision-relevant insights.
- Evaluate strategic alternatives by assessing feasibility, likely impacts, implementation requirements, and risks.
- Develop a practical recommendation supported by transparent assumptions, analysis, and evidence.
- Construct an implementation roadmap incorporating project governance, change management, milestones, resources, and performance measures.
- Communicate consulting findings persuasively through professional reports, presentations, meetings, and executive briefings.
- Demonstrate ethical judgment in managing confidentiality, conflicts of interest, client relationships, and professional responsibilities.
- Reflect critically on individual contribution, team processes, analytical judgment, and the management of ambiguity in consulting practice.
Timetable
| Type | Length | Frequency | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 2 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Workshop | 2 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Tutorial | 1 hour | Weekly | All semester |
| Practicum | 3 hours | Fortnightly | All semester |
| Seminar | 2 hours | Fortnightly | All semester |
Assessment Schedule
| Type | Description | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Deliverable | Consulting charter and engagement scope | 10.00% |
| Deliverable | Research design and work plan | 10.00% |
| Deliverable | Interim diagnostic and evidence briefing | 15.00% |
| Assignment | Individual analytical memo | 15.00% |
| Capstone | Final consulting report and implementation roadmap | 25.00% |
| Deliverable | Client presentation and executive briefing | 15.00% |
| Assignment | Individual professional reflection | 10.00% |
Prerequisites
- MGMT301 Leadership and Team Management
- Requirement Admission to an approved business major or equivalent programme and completion of at least 240 points of university study.
Teaching Staff & Programs
This course is delivered jointly by faculty from the participating programs listed below. In line with the Douchewater Way, the University of Sexology tailors core instruction directly to each cohort's specific discipline — adapting curriculum to program needs rather than forcing students into a one-size-fits-all model. Learn more about our approach at The Douchewater Way.