MGT 7999 Management Consultancy

SEMINAR ON MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY

DBA 7770Doctor of Business Administration

Graduate School of Management

14th January 2012

D r D o l h a d i Z a i n u d i n

POLICIES

Management Consultancy is compulsory for DBA students.

Passing the course is a requirement for research work registration and graduation.

REGISTRATION

Register and submit the form together with the Management Consultancy pre-requisites form

At least 2 months prior to the first week of the semester that the student intended to conduct the consultancy work.

Following the registration, the student will have to search for a company and prepare the proposal for the consultancy work.

A student who is remunerated under a consultancy services is required to contribute 20 percent of the total consultancy fees to GSM as stipulated in the IIUM consultancy policies.

SUPERVISION

GSM shall recommend the appointment of a supervisor for a student upon registration for consultancy research.

student may nominate suitable faculty member to be the supervisor.

ELIGIBILITY

Student has CGPA of 3.0 or higherStudent has completed at least 75.0% of coursework or minimum of 27 credit hours

Student has no outstanding incomplete grades

Student is not on academic /disciplinary probation

FINAL EVALUATION

Pass without revision Pass with minor revisions to be

completed in one (1) week Pass with major revisions to be

completed in one (1) month Failure –repeat the course

PERFOMANCE OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Adhere to the time frame stated in the course outline, should a longer duration is necessary to complete the project,, the approval of the Committee Members or Director of GSM is required.

Show constant high self-discipline and conduct that truly represents the disposition of a IIUM student.

Abide by the rules and regulations set forth by the organization.

Act at all times so as to protect the interests of the IIUM.

CONFIDENTIALITY

All DBA students are required to sign the Non Disclosure Agreement

DIPUTE AND TERMINATION

All disputes, controversies or differences shall be settled through mutual discussion.

 In the event any such disputes, difference or question that cannot be resolved, it shall be referred to a panel of arbitrators agreed upon all parties concerned.

 In the event where the student fails and/or neglects, or persistently fails and/or neglects to undertake his/her scope of work in professional and timely manner, the director of GSM may terminate the consultancy work.

 Unless proven otherwise, the student may be subjected to a disciplinary action under the IIUM (DISCIPLINE of STUDENT 2004)

COURSE OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION

Using the action research methodology, management consultancy provides an avenue for students to apply the theoretical knowledge obtained from other DBA courses.

A key objective of the course is to develop client and management intervention for chosen organizations.

Week 1

Seminar Topics on :- The nature of consulting Industry The consultant’s toolkits The consultant’s role in organizations Achieving results, client interventions The profession of management

consultant  Venue: GSM

Week 1

Consulting Applications Activity : Student present on the

outcome of the proposal development and phase of client engagement in the consultancy project

Venue: GSM (First evaluation by the committee)

WEEK 5 & 6

Consulting Applications Activity: Project outcome progress

based on accepted client engagement proposal

Venue : Client’s office (Supervisor)

WEEK 9 & 10

Consulting Applications Activity: Students present the

progress in the consultancy project. Submission of Client Reports and Project Review

Venue: Client’s Office (Second

evaluation by the Committees and Clients)

WEEK 13

Final EvaluationActivity: Students submit a ring binded copy

for evaluation. Submit 4 copies to GSM.

Venue: GSM (Final evaluation)

WEEK 14

Final EvaluationActivity: Students present the outcome of the

project and client acceptance. Amendment of reports should be

based on deliberation of Committees and Client.

Venue: GSM (Final evaluation)

WEEK 15

Submission of Final ReportActivity: Students submit a hard

bound copy Note:

Upon notification and acceptance by the course coordinator for hard bound copy submission based on amendments of report after being commented during the final evaluation.

COURSE ASSESSMENT

Method Proposal Preparation and Presentation Pass/Fail

Client Reports and Project Reviews Pass/Fail

Final Evaluation Report Submission Report Presentation

As stipulated in the policies, item 5.2

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