MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY DBA 7770

Doctor of Business Administration Graduate School of Management

POLICIES

 Management Consultancy is

compulsory for DBA students. Passing the course is a requirement for research work registration and graduation.

REGISTRATION
Register and submit the form together with the Management Consultancy pre-requisites form At least 2 months prior to the first week of the semester that the student intended to conduct the consultancy work.

 Following the registration, the student will have to search for a company and prepare the proposal for the consultancy work.
A student who is remunerated under a

consultancy services is required to contribute 20 percent of the total consultancy fees to GSM as stipulated in the IIUM consultancy policies.

SUPERVISION
GSM shall recommend the appointment of a supervisor for a student upon registration for consultancy research. student may nominate suitable faculty member to be the supervisor.

ELIGIBILITY
Student has CGPA of 3.0 or higher Student has completed at least 75.0% of coursework or minimum of 27 credit hours Student has no outstanding incomplete grades Student is not on academic /disciplinary probation

FINAL EVALUATION
Pass without revision

Pass with minor revisions to be completed in one (1) week

Pass with major revisions to be completed in one

(1) month Failure repeat the course

PERFOMANCE OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Adhere to the time frame stated in the course outline, should a longer duration is necessary to complete the project,, the approval of the Committee Members or Director of GSM is required. Show constant high self-discipline and conduct that truly represents the disposition of a IIUM student. Abide by the rules and regulations set forth by the organization. Act at all times so as to protect the interests of the IIUM.

CONFIDENTIALITY
All DBA students are required to sign the Non Disclosure Agreement

DIPUTE AND TERMINATION

All disputes, controversies or differences shall be settled

through mutual discussion. In the event any such disputes, difference or question that cannot be resolved, it shall be referred to a panel of arbitrators agreed upon all parties concerned. In the event where the student fails and/or neglects, or persistently fails and/or neglects to undertake his/her scope of work in professional and timely manner, the director of GSM may terminate the consultancy work. Unless proven otherwise, the student may be subjected to a disciplinary action under the IIUM (DISCIPLINE of STUDENT 2004)

COURSE OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION
Using the action research methodology, management consultancy provides an avenue for students to apply the theoretical knowledge obtained from other DBA courses.
A key objective of the course is to develop client and management intervention for chosen organizations.

Week 1
Seminar Topics on : The nature of consulting Industry The consultants toolkits The consultants role in organizations Achieving results, client interventions The profession of management consultant Venue: GSM

Week 1
Consulting Applications
Activity : Student present on the outcome of

the proposal development and phase of client engagement in the consultancy project
Venue: GSM (First evaluation by the

committee)

WEEK 5 & 6
Consulting Applications Activity: Project outcome progress based on accepted client engagement proposal
Venue : Clients office (Supervisor)

WEEK 9 & 10
Consulting Applications Activity: Students present the progress in the consultancy project. Submission of Client Reports and Project Review
Venue: Clients Office (Second evaluation by

the Committees and Clients)

WEEK 13
Final Evaluation Activity: Students submit a ring binded copy for evaluation. Submit 4 copies to GSM.
Venue: GSM (Final evaluation)

WEEK 14
Final Evaluation Activity: Students present the outcome of the project and client acceptance. Amendment of reports should be based on deliberation of Committees and Client.
Venue: GSM (Final evaluation)

WEEK 15
Submission of Final Report Activity: Students submit a hard bound copy Note: Upon notification and acceptance by the course coordinator for hard bound copy submission based on amendments of report after being commented during the final evaluation.

COURSE ASSESSMENT

Method Proposal Preparation and Presentation Client Reports and Project Reviews Final Evaluation Report Submission Report Presentation Pass/Fail Pass/Fail As stipulated in the policies, item 5.2

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