APS1049 Management Consulting for Engineers-Working with Tier 1 MC Firms

Spring 2018 – (4 weeks intense)- Management Consulting for Engineers-Working with Tier 1 MC Firms (Price Waterhouse Coopers and Deloitte)

• 1. PWC 1 – Leading Forecasting techniques used in   business development – targeting opportunities, forecasting sales and revenue and managing growth of a management consulting business using science
  2. PWC 2- Forecast of demand for management consulting services within specific industries – identifying the areas of growth, plateau, shrinkage – and how consulting firms should position to stay relevant
  3. PWC 3 – Driving the right performance in a Tier 1 management Consulting Firm
  4. Deloitte 1– Blueprint for a good management consultant – i.e. What does it take to be successful as a consultant, and how do you develop and implement a talent development program while maintaining full utilization.
  5. Deloitte 2 – Strategies to win work over time and keep a sustained “hot-pipeline” i.e. where do you invest your time/energy, understanding that energy must be spent on delivering, building relationships, and sales
  6. Deloitte 3 – Customers are in the driving seat of digital transformation – how should MC companies respond.

Winter 2019 – (Full Semester) – Management Consulting for Engineers-Working with Tier 1 MC Firms (Price Waterhouse Coopers, Deloitte, and Boutique Firm)

• 1. PWC 1 –Implications of Emerging Technologies to the Consulting Industry
     – Understand the implications of emerging technologies on the management consulting industry
  2.  PWC 2- Start Ups are the Giants of Tomorrow – Road Map for Success for Management Consulting Firms 
     – How to Connect existing Services to Startups and also identify new services
  3. PWC 3 –Climate Change and Management Consulting  –Regardless of whether the causes of climate change are natural or man-made, the real and perceived impacts from climate change are felt across the economy by all industries. As such, G7 Consulting was tasked with enhancing PwC’s current offerings to enable its Canadian clients to gain competitive advantage in an economy impacted by ongoing climate change
  4. Deloitte 1–Rethinking the Partnership Structure for the 21st Century  – Analyze the various organizational structures and their applicability to a Management Consulting Firm.
  5. Deloitte 2 – Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Management Consulting  – Focus on targeting Automotive and Transport and Logistics industries by providing Data Consulting and AI Aware Organizational Transformation as new services. The next steps require hiring AI experts and creating teams that can support these services
  6. Leadership Intelligence Inc & Strategic Retreats – Determine and develop best practical business model of an a networked virtual management consulting firm    -Make recommendations on four aspects: 1) Business development 2) Technologies 3) Financial models 4) Characteristics of the community

• Spring 2019 (4 weeks  Intense)
  1. CAMC – The Role of MC in 21st Century
  2. Aquitaine Innovation Advisors-Applications of AI for management consultants and their Clients
  3. Leadership Intelligence -The Virtual Management Consulting Firm
  4. CAMC – Implications of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) on Management Consulting

• Fall 2019 (Full Semester)
  1. PWC – Executive Summary – Diversity in Workplace
  2. PWC – Strategic Growth Using a Hybrid Business Model
  3. Deloitte – AIRS Technology Foresighting
  4. Deloitte – Growth in Exponential Technologies and their Impact on Talent Portfolio of Management Consulting Firms
  5. CAMC – Assessing the disruption brought about by AI on the Management Consulting profession

• Spring / Summer  2020 (Full Semester)
  1. PWC  –Virtual remote collaboration tools adoption in times of crises  
  2. PWC –Competitive Strategy for PWC after COVID-19 Pandemic
  3. PWC – COVID-19 IMPLICATIONS FOR CANADA What sectors/ industries will experience a boom and decline after COVID-19 pandemic is on a decline?
  4. Strategic Retreats Inc – Strategies for developing a footprint in Muskoka 

• Fall 2020 – 100% Online (Full Semester)
  1. PWC – Real Estate, GTA & COVID-19: An In-depth Analysis
  2. PWC –Reimagining the Mid to Luxury Automotive Manufacturer: Lexus’ Roadmap to tackle emerging technologies & effects of COVID19
  3. CAMC / ICMCI: Strategies to Enhance the Affiliation of Management Consultants with their Professional Institutes
  4. Ceridian: A study on the value & market drivers in the outsourced Human Capital Management (HCM) sector amidst the CV-19 induced global shift