Rutgers Business School MBA Student Team Consulting Program

Since 1971, hundreds of businesses, large and small, have discovered a unique, university-based resource that delivers professional and cost effective consulting services.

The MBA Interfunctional Team Consulting Program at Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick brings the knowledge and experience of seasoned MBA students to bear on a challenge or problem identified by a client company. Students get the opportunity to sharpen their problem-solving and team-building skills; the sponsoring company receives a detailed report full of insightful analysis and valuable recommendations. To date, Rutgers students have completed more than fifteen hundred projects for a wide range of clients including Fortune 50 companies, privately held firms, not-for-profits, state agencies, municipalities, and entrepreneurs.

Business organizations turn to the Rutgers Interfunctional Team Consulting Program because it delivers timely, cost-effective results and provides an independent assessment of their business or competitive environment. The moderate, fixed project fee is a fraction of what typical market-rate consultants charge for the same work.

As part of Rutgers University, student consultants have vast resources from which to draw. From the school's outstanding libraries and information systems to faculty and administrators, they can access a wealth of information and expertise as background for their projects.

And, as an added benefit, clients get a first-hand look at how highly motivated, potential employees work with their management teams. Many MBA candidates have been offered and have accepted full-time positions with client organizations. They bring with them a keen understanding of the company, its competitors and the marketplace. They also possess an insight into the company's operations and can become a value-added employee almost immediately.

Program website: http://business.rutgers.edu/default.aspx?id=86

I have been an Adjunct Professor and Faculty Advisor in this program since 2001 and have supervised over 30 student teams. MBA Team Consulting Projects include:

   Cascade Medical Enterprises, LLC
   Liberty Optical
   Media Graphics
   Thinkfloors.com
   Quality Education of New Jersey
   Philips Lighting
   Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
   Globix
   Rutgers Business School
   Strategic Alliance
   Café Theatre
   Liberty Science Center
   Rock Bridge Global Advisors
   Envimetrics, Inc.
   Rutgers EcoComple
Rutgers FIRE (Food Innovation and Research Extension Center)*
   American Android
   American Banknote
   Horizon Health Care
   Rutgers Food Business Incubator Network
   Spiral Binding
RU TAP – PSE&G and NJIT
   Merck
   RJ Lee
   Remodel One
   Actors Fund
   Hudson County Community College
   Integrity House **
   Tea Bag Design
   Shadow Boxing Academy
   Rutgers Center for Philanthropic & Non-Profit Leadership

                                * Won RBS 2005 Award for MBA Consulting Excellence
                              ** Won RBS 2007 Award for MBA Consulting Excellence