How to manage student consulting projects a practical guide for project advisors

"How to Manage Student Consulting Projects describes the key principles and tools needed by project advisors to manage student consulting projects in an academic setting. The authors highlight different approaches for managing student consulting teams, including an innovative model in which gra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Weintraub, Joseph R., Lee, George A. (Author), MacCormack, Arline A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton Edward Elgar Publishing 2020, 2020
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"How to Manage Student Consulting Projects describes the key principles and tools needed by project advisors to manage student consulting projects in an academic setting. The authors highlight different approaches for managing student consulting teams, including an innovative model in which graduate students manage undergraduates. This model of experiential learning suggests that project advisors should include reflection of learning as a key outcome for any student consulting project. The book also emphasizes the importance of evaluating both team and individual performance in a project's overall success, and data are shown on the positive impact that student teams have had on clients. In addition to offering strategies that project advisors can use to improve project performance, the book provides information for program administrators and deans, as well as project managers in non-academic settings, to help in the development and running of project-based learning"--
Physical Description:192 pages
ISBN:9781789907834