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“Managing Student Group Projects with Real Clients”

“Managing Student Group Projects with Real Clients”. Professor George Solomon Department of Management. Background on Student-Based Small Business Consulting. Initiated by US SBA in 1972 and called “Small Business Institute” program

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“Managing Student Group Projects with Real Clients”

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  1. “Managing Student Group Projects with Real Clients” Professor George Solomon Department of Management

  2. Background on Student-Based Small Business Consulting • Initiated by US SBA in 1972 and called “Small Business Institute” program • BY 1990, 370 colleges and universities involved and receiving $500/case the purchase order assisting about 6,000 small and entrepreneurial firms. • Discontinued by US SBA in 1996 • Colleges continue on without SBA support.

  3. GWU’s Involvement • GWU involvement began in 1992 with Prof Charles Toftoy • To date almost 2,000 Washington DC Metro Businesses assisted. • Currently implemented in Management 192 Small Business [undergraduate] – Prof Rollins and Mgt 292 Small Business [graduate] –Prof Toftoy and Solomon

  4. The type of Assignments given to the students • Size of student groups • Who finds the client (instructor or students) • Kinds of work the students do • Feedback from clients.

  5. Student projects as an example of "service learning."  • How have you changed the way you manage these projects? • That is, what have you learned about managing such projects? • How would you compare this method of learning with others?

  6. Academic Support for Student Based Projects • Porter and McKibben’s Study for The International Association for Management Education (AACSB) indicated need for integrating conceptual and theoretical principles with “live case work.” • Porter, L. and McKibben, L. (1988), Management Education and Development: Drift or Thrust into the 21st Century, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY.

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