Students will work with a small business (client) throughout the term (10-week term starting on April 28th) and will do the following:

1. Organizational diagnosis

2. Project proposal

3. Revised proposal

4. Final project report and presentation

How companies will benefit:

This Experience is a capstone project/exit course for the UCW MBA students - meaning, the small business will get to work with the final term MBA students. Students already have diverse academic and professional experiences before joining the MBA program. It will be a great opportunity for a small business to work with the MBA students who will actively engage with and contribute to the small business from diagnosis of the problems/challenges to writing a proposal to executing a final project report and presentation. Students will focus on the connection among HR, finance, marketing, operations, and growth strategies for small businesses.

Students will collaborate with the small business throughout the Spring 2025 term (a 10-week long term starting on April 28th and will provide the following deliverables:

(1) Organizational diagnosis, (2) project proposal based on the diagnosis as well as the small business' needs, (3) revised proposal, and (4) final project report and presentation.

Instructions to the potential client (small business owner):

1. The business should be a legally registered and ongoing small business. A new business is fine.

2. The business should be based in Canada.

3. The business owner should be willing to work with the five student groups (around six or seven students per group) throughout the duration of the term. Communication could be done virtually.

4. The business owner should be willing to spend an hour per week speaking with students, responding to their queries, etc.

5. For the purpose of confidentiality and data privacy, it is expected that the business owner will provide a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) form that students and the business owner will sign.

6. If the business owner agrees to the points mentioned above, the business owner will have an initial virtual meeting through a video call with the course instructor. The course instructor will discuss the details of the course, expectations, etc., and will answer any questions or concerns of the business owner.