Description:
In the first part of their action learning project, students will write and present a comprehensive and integrated analysis of their organizations that will include an evaluation of the organization’s environment, strategy, financial performance, marketing performance and future prospects. In the light of this analysis, students will identify a major action learning project that they will address during the remainder of the Management Practice Program. Students will justify the selection of their project and sketch out their initial impressions of how the project might unfold. The selected project must be challenging but doable, require a balance of “action” and “learning”, and have realistic expectations. The written part of this assignment will provide the first draft of the early chapters of their final action learning thesis (see MSMP 513: Action Learning Project III: Final Thesis). A panel comprising both academics and experienced managers will evaluate, ask questions and provide constructive comments about the student’s PowerPoint presentation.
