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Lisa K. Gundry - DePaul University, USA
Aaron Buckho - Bradley University, USA

Volume: 1

Series:
Entrepreneurship & the Management of Growing Enterprises

Other Titles in:
Small Business/Entrepreneurship

July 2012 | 138 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

For those engaging in fieldwork in a business setting, this invaluable book offers guidance and support from the initial project assignment and client meeting to the closing presentation and exit meeting.

Practical advice is provided throughout the consulting process with chapters devoted to establishing client relationships, conducting information searches, maintaining a cohesive student-consulting team and developing recommendations for the client business.

The Purpose and Goals of Fieldwork

The Fieldwork Experience

What It Is and What It Isn't

Managing the Fieldwork

Managing the Student Consulting Team

Launching the Fieldwork Information Search

Developing Recommendations and the Final Client Presentation

Appendix A: Professionalism, Confidentiality, and Ethical Considerations of Fieldwork

Appendix B: The Role of the SBA/SBI in Fieldwork

Appendix C: Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Sources

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Lisa Gundry

Lisa Gundry is Professor of Management in the Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University, where she teaches courses in Creativity in Business, Entrepreneurship & New Venture Management, and Entrepreneurship Strategy. She is Director of the Leo V. Ryan Center for Creativity and Innovation at DePaul. The Center offers programs on creative discovery and business innovation to the academic and business communities. Dr. Gundry was awarded the Innovation in Business Education Award in 1997, by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Mid-Continent East Association. She... More About Author

Aaron Buckho

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