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Business Consulting Services

Jeffrey Kurtz

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Agenda for January 20/21, 2010

Review of the SyllabusPersonal IntroductionsReview of Potential ClientsDiscussion and Questions

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Personal Introductions Instructor Faculty Banker Entrepreneur Other

MBA, University of Illinois B.S. Marketing, Illinois State University

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CareerFaculty Small Business Consulting Business Technical Consulting OTCR – Faculty Advisor MS-Tech Practicum

Banker VP of Loans Branch Manager

Entrepreneur Business Broker Consultant to Entrepreneurs

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Other

Volunteer Firefighter

EMT-B

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Sinatra Fan

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Fan of the future World Champions – the Cubs

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SyllabusReading

Online from website

and

The E-Myth RevisitedBy Michael Gerber

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Syllabus

Objectives:Understand the consulting process.Understand the application of tools to

solve problems.Gain practical experience.Development of personal qualities

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Syllabus

NO:TestsQuizzesFinals

There will be:ReadingGuest presentationsConsulting ProjectCase discussion

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Syllabus

Consulting ProjectReal ClientsReal ProblemsReal Work No Drops after February 16th Always Professional

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Syllabus

Your work will be held to Professional StandardsTimelinessQualityEffortDepthInnovation

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Syllabus

Project Teams Team Leaders Team Members Project Selection

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SyllabusFinal grades will be calculated as follows: Graded by Points

Fact Finding Report & Proposal Kurtz 15

Outline of Final Report Kurtz 15

Evaluation of Process & Outcome (example on website) Client 25

Final Written Report Kurtz 25

Final Oral Report Kurtz & Client 20

Peer Review/Evaluation (example on website) Peers 15*

Project Administration (weekly updates, etc.) Kurtz 15

Total Points 130

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Team Leader More ResponsibilityMore WorkExtra Credit

Team Leader

Apply by email to me before January 23rd

Attach your resume

Subject line should read:ENG 465 – Team Leader application

BA 445 – Team Leader application

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Special Date Availability

February 3 – BA 445 section – 7:00 p.m.

Location - TBA

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Spring 2010 Clients – BA 445

Midstate Collection Services Chromatin Plumbing and Heating Contractor Cazoodle Hendrick House Ron Williams

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Spring 2010 Clients – ENG 465

Zeltec FreeStar Bank Chromatin CIDMC Mental Health Center of Champaign County, Inc. AreaWide Technologies

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Personal Introductions

StudentsTell us about yourself

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Discussion & Questions