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Business Capstone

MNGT4990
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SAIT
SAIT
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
GP
Gursher Pannu
Academic Chair
1
Timeline
  • January 9, 2021
    Experience start
  • January 16, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • April 6, 2021
    Experience end
General
  • Undergraduate
  • 30 learners; teams of 5
  • 120 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 3 projects wanted
  • Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Academic experience
  • Any
  • Any industries
Categories
Accounting Operations Project management Marketing strategy
Skills
project planning supply chain management business consulting
Project timeline
  • January 9, 2021
    Experience start
  • January 16, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • April 6, 2021
    Experience end
Overview
Learner goals and capabilities

SAIT School of Business degree students are required to complete either the six credit business practicum or parallel business capstone course.

The capstone course includes students from all six majors: Supply Chain, Accounting, Financial Services, Human Resource Management, Marketing, and Management. Students form cross-functional groups to work on real-world industry-sponsored projects that have the primary premise of developing business solutions by using design thinking methodology (customer empathy, problem identification, ideation, prototype and test). Solutions need to fit the company's core business and mission.

Potential partners are required to present the challenge and be open to solutions that students evolve through their 180 hrs of work. Consistent touch points are required throughout the semester to allow for real-time feedback and project navigation; time requirement on average is one hour per week over 15 weeks.

Expected outcomes and deliverables

Showcase presentation of the final idea. Condensed written report of student's solution.

At SAIT our intent is to prepare students for the world of work by developing their problem solving and critical thinking skills. We look forward to working with companies that are experiencing a challenge or innovating in their industry, our students will be pushed by experienced faculty members to push the current constraints and investigate creative solutions.

Project Examples

Business planning (market analysis, operations management, supply chain investigation, accounting)

Design Thinking (customer empathy, problem identification, ideation, prototype development or recommendation, testing)

Potential for integrated capstone projects across multiple schools at SAIT (Energy, Manufacturing and Automation, Construction, Hospitality and Tourism, Health and Public Safety, Transportation, Information Communication Technology, Business)

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Must be available to meet with students one time per week for one hours, over the entire semester.

Student group will provide a point person for communication, we will require a point of contact that is responsible for communication from the company. They will need to have working knowledge of the organization, including: finances, culture, strategic direction, etc.