Master of Global Management:China-European Business Studies

Consulting Project

What are the benefits of participating in a consulting project with our students?

• A budget-friendly way to make use of a consultancy service

• A fresh and external look on managerial topics

• ‘State of the art’ knowledge provided by the students and the Academic Promoter

• The opportunity to evaluate students as potential future employees

The Consulting Project Set-Up• In groups of 2 to 3, “China-European Business Studies” students will

work full-time for 10 weeks as a ‘junior consultants’ at your company.

• They will be working on a realistic, and real, managerial issue/topic specific to your business, chosen by you.

• The purpose is that you, as well as your company, benefit from the presence of our students.

• Students will analyze the managerial issue, draw conclusions and make recommendations/optimalizations suggestions based on their findings..

• Each project has a designated responsible academic promoter, an expert in his/her domain. He/she is acadamically aware of and up-to-date with the issues you are struggling with.

The Students’ AMS training:

• Selected to partcipate in this program based on: personality, intellectual capacity, motivation and potential management capacities.

• Thorough training in management aspects such as Finance, Strategy, Human Resource, Marketing, Operations, etc.

• Development of communicative, ethical and teamplayer skills within a personal development traject.

• Continuous link is made between real business life via: several prominent guestspeakers, professor from the business world, business games, company visits, etc.

TimeframeSept. – Oct. 2014 • Presentation of the projects and topics are discussed with the

Academic Director + the name of the internal coach in the company is adjusted when necessary

Begin. of Nov. 2014 • Presentation of the companies and the projects to the students

November 2014 • Confirmation to the students and company & promoter of the teams• Making up the contract

June – July – mid August 2015

• Full-time working on the project at the company• Weekly reporting about the status of the project from the students

to internal coach at company, promoter, program manager• Interim meetings with company• Writing the report and finalising the conclusions

12 August 2015 • Hand in the report

20 August 2015 • Presentation of their findings, conclusions and advice for a jury existing out of promoter, second reader, program manager (and if possible, a representative of the company) @ PARIS

Result of the project

• A thorough final report consisting of a description of :

• The Question and framework

• The followed steps and used methodology

• Analysis and results

• Conclusion and advice

• This report will be assesed by a comission existing of:

• Academic promoter

• Representative of the company

• Independent second reader

• Representative of the program

Practical arrangements• Participating organisations pay € 6500 (excl. VAT) for the consulting

project performed by 2-4 students of the Antwerp Management School

• This amount can be increased by extra costs such as transport, telephone costs, the payment of extra documentation, (namely, all the costs which are relevant in function of the project) etc.

• The students are staying in Shanghai or Europe (France, Belgium or Budapest), and pay their own ticket to arrive in one of these above mentioned countries. If you want them to travel more and to other places in the world, this has to be discussed with the students and it is then up to the company to pay for these extra flight tickets.

• From the beginning of June until mid August the students will work full time on this project. It is up to you whether students have to work at your office full time or whether the occasional home-working is allowed.

Role of Antwerp Management School

• Fine-tuning of the project proposal

• Composition of the groups. We bring into account the competences, the previous backgrounds, the personal interests, different nationalities and the conditions of the company.

• Appointment of an Academic promoter

• Organisation of the final jury and the final presentation of the project by the students

• The final report will be treated with total confidentiality and won’t be exposed without receiving writen permission from your company.

Role of the company

• The company will provide 1 or 2 repressentatives who will function as a coach for the students i.e. they will spend time with the students, give them the necessary information, coach them on their time-management and guide them in the consultancy process, etc.

• The company representative(s) will be part of the commission who will assess the students and give advice on the end result

• The students receive the necessary information, space and facilities (desk, laptop, etc.) to realise the project in a qualitative way.  

Examples of topics

 A selection of the topics from the past:

Increasing Brand Awareness Through the Creation of a B2B Social Media Strategy in China

Research on the Development of Chinese Cattle Husbandry Industry

Understanding the Market of Freight Forwarders in China

Group Business Development Asia-Pacific

Intellectual Property and Trade Secret Protection in the People’s Republic of China

Testimonials: Cummins – Annelies Derdelinckx - Recruiting coordinator Cummins

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“Cummins Inc. did grow significantly in the past few years. Expansion creates a need for skilled, capable resources. An ideal way to recruit skilled professionals and future leaders is to cooperate with universities or management schools. The Antwerp Management School has a strong reputation and is known for the quality of it's education and equally as important it's international orientation, in other words the ideal partner for Cummins.

So far we sponsored several projects and were impressed by the drive and knowledge of the students. The academic background was in balance with a hands on mentality, what did lead to very tangible and usable results.

Cummins intends to continue the relationship with AMS and we hope to welcome very soon some AMS students as colleagues.”

Examples of parcipating companies in the past

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CONTACT DETAILS:

Sara TelenProgram ManagerSara.Telen@ams.ac.be+32 3 265 46 64