MIS 44392 Spring 2012 Karkare

Spring 2012

Important Weblinks

http://www.kent.edu/  (for Flashline accounts)

Please review Course home page, sub folders prior to commencing class.

https://sites.google.com/site/bccpprojects/  (For pages for sample projects completed last semester)

Presentations: ( Suggestion)  All presentations could  be made as narrated Powerpoint presentations (check this YouTube video for a tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZp3jumnWUg

We will discuss feasibility of this during the course of our semester.

Other important links:

http://cmsprod.uis.kent.edu/academics/resources/academic-calendar.cfm

http://www.kent.edu/registrar/calendars/stu_important_fall.cfm

Course Description

This is an applications course exploring the profession of management consulting and learning to apply it to community projects as a part of a team. The course is designed to provide a framework for understanding the art and science of providing management counsel to client organizations in the public and private sectors.

Students will integrate material from the core program and become exposed to examples of utilizing their technical expertise and experience in both internal and external consulting roles to organizations. Students will also be expected to work in teams or individually depending upon the number of projects, to provide consulting services on projects for actual nonprofit clients and prepare solutions to case studies.

Prerequisites

• GPA: 2.5 and above
• Class year: Junior and above

Evaluation (Student evaluation will be based on the following criteria :):

Case Discussions                                                                                                                                           15 pts

Client Proposal Design and Analysis                                                                                                         30 pts

Evaluation of Tools and Techniques                                                                                                         25 pts

Consulting Presentation                                                                                                                                              30 pts

Total                                                                                                                                                                      100

Grade range:

A: 90-100 pts      B: 80-89 pts         C: 70-79 pts         D: 60-69 pts        F: 59 or less pts

If a project is not completed, the grade will be considered “Incomplete”.

Case study readings:

1)      Weeks  1  and 2: Warm-up in Industry best-practices in consulting and solutions delivery

·         Transferring "Marketing Knowledge" to the Nonprofit Sector, Harvard Business Review

2)      Weeks 1 and 2: SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis:

·         Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids, Harvard Business Review

3)      Weeks  3 and 4 Requirements Analysis

·         HubSpot: Inbound Marketing and Web 2.0, Harvard Business Review

·         New Profit, Inc: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise, Harvard Business Review

4)      Weeks 3 and 4: Gap Analysis, Balanced Scorecard and Scenario Planning (including data analysis)

·         Scenario Planning, Sloan Management Review

·         The Big Idea: Creating Shared Value, Harvard Business Review

**These case studies are available under the course folder on Flashline.  In addition, review materials for each lecture placed under the respective lecture folder on Flashline.

Course outline: Subject to change based on availability of nonprofit organizations, guest speakers and class requests.

Last day to Withdraw

Friday of the second week after classes commence:  January 22^nd.

Students with Disabilities

University policy 3342-3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit http://www.registrars.kent.edu/disability/ for more information on registration procedures).

Academic Honesty

Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit. In addition, it is considered to cheating when one cooperates with someone else in any such misrepresentation. The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense. It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or course. Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University.

Attendance

While no attendance is taken, you are nevertheless responsible for all content, including projects and assessments, presented in class. Any missed assessments cannot be made up.

Graduate Information for Seniors:

• http://cmsprod.uis.kent.edu/about/administration/provost/registrar/gradhonors/ap_proc.cfm
• March 15^th: Application deadline for Fall December 2012 graduation
• June 8^th: Application deadline for Summer August 2012 graduation

To access your course in Blackboard (webCT Vista):

• - To ensure that the content appears correctly on your browser, please use a standards compliant browser like Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/) rather than Internet Explorer.
• - Go to http://flashline.kent.edu.
• - Enter your Kent username and password
• - Click on My Courses tab. You should see all your courses (alternatively, you may click on the link for http://vista.kent.edu to take you to the course website).
• - Under “Tools and Research” on the left of the screen, click on “Vista Single Sign On”.