1. Project Background and Description
Assume your company is competing for a bid to University Administration to create a product or service that
will assist with developing graduates that are “career ready”, rather than “scholars”. You are tasked with
proposing an INNOVATIVE solution for universities to be presented in the form of a written consultant proposal
report.
In creating your product or service proposal, that provides a solution for universities to produce career-ready
graduates, you may be as general or specific as you choose. For example, you may propose developing an
App for UNT students with BAAS business concentrations and Business School students that connects them
with local companies and school districts for short-term job shadowing opportunities, temporary assistance for
administration on special projects relating to developing career ready graduates (such as focus groups,
corporate retreat planning assistance) or other corporate volunteering opportunities for temporary hands-on
local job networking. This could serve the need of getting hands-on experience without long term commitments
for students and help companies get help for particular jobs that require extra hands.
You could also propose something larger, such as organizing a full-scale industry/university task force with
missions such as curriculum addendums (short learning modules) to be used for all major’s capstone courses
as well as organizing workshops for industry/student mentoring programs. You will have a maximum budget of
$400,000 to be used for development and deployment of your innovation. Your team is not actually developing
the product in this assignment, just the proposal. You are trying to sell your idea as better than any other
proposal, so make sure to mention at least two alternative solutions and why your solution is superior.