Root for Your Classmates
At the A.T.Kearney Global Case Competition
Yu Jin, '05
Issue date: 9/28/06 Section: GSB Life
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First-year MBA students at Chicago GSB looking for an interactive learning experience that demonstrates what it takes to be a management consultant will be competing in the Global Prize business case contest sponsored by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. 12 of the top business schools from North America and Europe will be competing for the $10,000 prize. Be sure to root on your classmates as they work to bring the Global Prize to the GSB. Other participating schools are Columbia, Kellogg, MIT Sloan, Carnegie Mellon, Michigan, Wharton, Cranfield, Judge, LBS, Manchester, and Rotterdam.
The competition takes the form of a simulated client engagement. This year, the challenge is to develop a strategy for achieving sustainable profitability for a global telecom company. Teams, consisting of up to four members each, will receive a case study requiring both development of a strategy and an implementation plan. A.T. Kearney consultants then act as the "client" and answer questions about the company for the student "consultants". The result is a true-to-life "consulting experience" providing participants real exposure to the process as well as one-on-one feedback from the A.T. Kearney consultants. The Global Prize contest kicks off Friday, October 20 at 4:45pm in HPC02.
"We strive to make the case as realistic as possible," said Jimmy Jin (GSB '05), A.T. Kearney's Global Prize coordinator. "We give the teams a chance to use interviewing skills and challenge them to think on their feet. It is critical for the team members to ask the right questions, as the interviewees have information that is needed to develop strategies that can be implemented effectively."
"We're in the 10th year of our Global Prize and the participants have given us very positive feedback about the effectiveness of the simulated consulting engagement. They learn lessons that will be useful in their careers. They've told us the contest has supplemented their analytical, communications, team management and client relationship skills while giving them insight into consulting and how to solve strategic management issues," said Jin.
A.T. Kearney (www.atkearney.com) is one of the world's largest management consulting firms. With a global presence spanning major and emerging markets, A.T. Kearney provides strategic, operational, organizational and technology consulting to leading private and public sector clients around the world.
The competition takes the form of a simulated client engagement. This year, the challenge is to develop a strategy for achieving sustainable profitability for a global telecom company. Teams, consisting of up to four members each, will receive a case study requiring both development of a strategy and an implementation plan. A.T. Kearney consultants then act as the "client" and answer questions about the company for the student "consultants". The result is a true-to-life "consulting experience" providing participants real exposure to the process as well as one-on-one feedback from the A.T. Kearney consultants. The Global Prize contest kicks off Friday, October 20 at 4:45pm in HPC02.
"We strive to make the case as realistic as possible," said Jimmy Jin (GSB '05), A.T. Kearney's Global Prize coordinator. "We give the teams a chance to use interviewing skills and challenge them to think on their feet. It is critical for the team members to ask the right questions, as the interviewees have information that is needed to develop strategies that can be implemented effectively."
"We're in the 10th year of our Global Prize and the participants have given us very positive feedback about the effectiveness of the simulated consulting engagement. They learn lessons that will be useful in their careers. They've told us the contest has supplemented their analytical, communications, team management and client relationship skills while giving them insight into consulting and how to solve strategic management issues," said Jin.
A.T. Kearney (www.atkearney.com) is one of the world's largest management consulting firms. With a global presence spanning major and emerging markets, A.T. Kearney provides strategic, operational, organizational and technology consulting to leading private and public sector clients around the world.
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