Applied Finance Project

3.0 credits

The experience of working on actual projects provides the opportunity for the student to incorporate subjects, skills and tools, introduced through the classroom, into the problem identification, assessment, and solution process used with and for clients. The project work also provides visibility and use of measurement schemes, statistical analysis, and engages the student in activity that supports the development and use of business judgment; skills and perspective driven by practice, with consequences associated with results - as they hear frequently in the courses they take. The projects offer visibility to varied management processes, internal and external political processes, and continually provides emphasis on measurable results - not simply activity. This course integrates and expands classroom education with 'real-world' experience - providing opportunities for, among other things; project management; process management; task planning; testing and use of class concepts/tools in an actual work environment; focus on results, not simply activity, business planning; performance planning and management; inter/intra group collaborative efforts on goal-oriented work activity; business assessment; development/practice/testing of business judgment; organizational and functional assessments, management and personnel assessment; time management; measurements of 'value-added' and 'effectiveness' in consultative roles in widely-varied organizations; goal, task, and process negotiations; expectation development and communication; feedback development; and planning and coaching through change processes.