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Field Casework
Methods for Consulting to Small and Startup Businesses

Volume: 1
138 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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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

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

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