Reference no: EM132392242

Supplemental Paper

Scenario: You have been taking to an organisation (a supermarket) about a potential role in their analytics team. The hiring manager is uncertain. In order to demonstrate your potential impact, you would like to undertake a -zero-cost" consulting assignment. The paper is your formal proposal to your selected organisation that outlines a scope of work that you propose to do.

This is your opportunity to demonstrate that you have mastered the ILOs (and may be useful to all students as you seek to get work)

• Assessed pass or fail by Subject Coordinator AND Program Coordinator - no feedback or rubric - If you pass, you clear BUS5AP

• Criteria for pass is straightforward... if I received this paper, would I agree to the proposal?

- Zero cost is not necessarily "free, as client has to provide oversight, space, data, etc etc.

- Remember table stakes: spelling, grammar, presentation etc. Do NOT give the reader an excuse as to why they should't read the proposal document

- A range of questions will be used to evaluate. Do I see a clear statement of scope? Is the deliverable of  interest? Will the achievement of the deliverable deliver business value to my organisation? Do I have confidence that the individual will be able to deliver what is promised in the proposal? Are the assumptions valid? Is this something that I can't achieve by other means (or have others in my organisation do)? Etc

- Do not regurgitate the standard textbooks on retailer analytics... make sure what you propose is "fit for purpose".

Recapping the ILOs

The necessary skills required to define problems as analytical projects, undertake analytical tasks and be able to communicate the results adequately to the stakeholders.

Core

• Understand and appreciate the various business processes. methodologies and techniques available for applying analytics in a business context

• Demonstrate advanced problem and data analysis capability

• Demonstrate advanced capability with the application of analytics tools

• Dealt with data in an ethical manner

• Clearly articulate the results to clients. and engage clients in a professional and productive manner
 
Additional

• Exposure to a broad range of "real world' topics through external speakers

• Enhanced awareness of the 'gotchas" that can derail delay professional careers

• Enhanced awareness of how organisations assess individuals on technical and non-technical skills

• Enhanced capability to be successful in a work environment through exposure to various communication techniques