The assignment is split into two equal parts:
- You are required to identify a consulting opportunity in any area of commercial, governmental or not-for-profit activity and prepare a proposal document accordingly. The resulting document will outline the opportunity and why the opportunity would benefit from a consultancy approach rather than one delivered 'in-house'.
- Based on your report prepared for part 1, part 2 requires you to outline a structure for the key stages in the proposed consulting assignment and outline the main issues you believe would need to be addressed if you were appointed as a consultant to tackle the challenge.
Quality Indicators (how will it be graded; what constitutes a good assignment):
A good assignment will demonstrate a clear and unambiguous case for why the consultancy projected identified and outlined in part 1 makes sense. A good assignment will also demonstrate a clear and lucid thought process for why the opportunity is worth considering and how a consultancy based approach to problem solving would benefit the potential client. A good assignment will also report in a clear and concise manner in language suitable for the intended audience, that is business practitioners.
A good assignment will clearly outline the main stages of a consulting project and in addition to that will recognise the potential problems each stage throws up and the ways that the problems can be dealt with. A good assignment will also proceed to demonstrate how the writer has clearly identified how the actual project can be tackled and where there are opportunities for further consulting activities at later stages and the key issues that have to be addressed in order to solve the specific problem that has been identified.
Part 1 is 750 words
Part to is 1200 words