Aztec Business Alliance at SDSU

The Graduate Business consulting projects are the culminating experience for most Graduate Students in the College of Business Administration. Before a student can graduate with a Masters Degree, he/she must demonstrate a mastery of the skills and theories taught throughout the program.

Teams of 3-4 graduating Graduate Business students are matched with projects based on their background and interest relating to industry and project types. Each team of students spends between 500-600 hours on the project. An ideal project would encompass areas like writing a business plan, preparing a feasibility study, doing marketing research, writing a marketing plan, preparing a production plan, doing financial analysis, assessing outcomes and making recommendations, etc. Participating companies receive both a written report and an oral presentation responding to the chosen study topic.

Benefits

Top-quality Graduate Business students, with an average of 4-5 years of industry experience, bring diverse skills to the study. These teams offer organizations objective perspectives toward corporate challenges and opportunities.
Graduate Business consulting teams leverage a wide range of management information and business research methods to produce first-rate analysis for clients.
Renowned SDSU faculty members, serving as team advisors, lend valuable expertise to each project.
Corporate Partnerships with the College of Business create and enhance relationships among students, faculty and other SDSU programs.

Previous Clients
SDSU has successfully worked with a wide range of clients including General Atomics, QUALCOMM, San Diego Zoo, Marine Corps Exchange at Miramar, Sea World, SAIC, NASSCO, Cubic Corporation, and San Diego Telecom Council.

Confidentiality
Confidentiality of corporate partners' nonpublic information is important to all participants. All teams and advisors sign an agreement restricting disclosure of confidential information.

Timeline
Hire MBA Consultants in the fall, spring or summer semesters.

Application deadlines are:

Semester	Application Deadline	Final product presented to you*
Fall 2008	August 1, 2008	December 13-20, 2008
Spring 2009	December 13, 2008	May 14-21, 2009
Summer 2009	April 11, 2009	August 18-22, 2009

*A range of dates is listed since the presentations are scheduled based on client availability.

Your MBA Consulting team starts working for you in the first week of the semester and will deliver their final product to you at the end of the semester.

Throughout the semester they work closely with you to design and deliver the solution you need.

Fees
Fees are $5000 per project and are used entirely for self-support of the program.

MBA Business Consulting Application (word doc)

The Aztec Business Alliance is a self-supporting activity of the College of Business at SDSU. Funds generated are used for faculty advising, computer support and other operating costs. Extraordinary project costs, such as printing and mailing are billed at cost to the client.

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