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Business Process Management (MBA)

MBA K725
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DeGroote School of Business - McMaster University
DeGroote School of Business - McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Ali Reza Montazemi
Professor
5
Timeline
  • September 16, 2024
    Experience start
  • December 10, 2024
    Experience end
Experience
6/8 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries
Categories
Information technology Operations Project management Product or service launch
Skills
organization architecture business philosophy strategy analysis
Student goals and capabilities

MBA student-consultants will assess an organizational processes and propose an alternative process for optimal productivity and efficiency.

Students
Graduate
Any level
20 students
Project
30 hours per student
Administrators assign students to projects
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverable is a 20-page report, which includes:

  1. An assessment of the present organizational processes.
  2. Justification for the proposed new improved processes.
  3. How to manage the operation of the process in terms of process governance.
  4. How the process supports your strategy.
Project timeline
  • September 16, 2024
    Experience start
  • December 10, 2024
    Experience end
Project Examples

Starting this August, MBA student-consultations will spend about 70 hours per group of 2-3 assessing a challenging process within your organization to provide optimization recommendations.


Based on your challenges and objectives, students will research and document your organization's processes, refer to best practices, and develop a tailored recommendation for optimization. These recommendations will aim to increase your overall productivity and efficiency.


Project scope may include, but is not limited to:

  • Identifying best-practice processes.
  • Workflow automation.
  • Simulation of business processes.
  • Designing a strategic enterprise IT management system.
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone call with the organizer to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the experience. The organization should select a business process in need of improvement and provide detailed description of the process, data and required objective.

Minimum of 4 interactions with the students in-person or remotely .

Provide a dedicated contact who will be available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address student’s questions or provide additional information.