The course provides necessary knowledge and skill in client intervention and also management intervention process –an essential tools to undertaking any improving organizational strategy which is a part of the graduate programme

1. SEMINAR ON
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
DBA 7770
Doctor of Business Administration
Graduate School of Management
14th January 2012
Dr Dolhadi Zainudin

2. POLICIES

3.  Management Consultancy is
compulsory for DBA students.
 Passing the course is a requirement
for research work registration and
graduation.

4. REGISTRATION
 Register and submit the form together with
the Management Consultancy pre-requisites
form
 At least 2 months prior to the first week of
the semester that the student intended to
conduct the consultancy work.

5.  Following the registration, the student will
have to search for a company and prepare the
proposal for the consultancy work.
 A student who is remunerated under a
consultancy services is required to contribute
20 percent of the total consultancy fees to
GSM as stipulated in the IIUM consultancy
policies.


6. SUPERVISION
 GSM shall recommend the appointment of a
supervisor for a student upon registration for
consultancy research.
 student may nominate suitable faculty
member to be the supervisor.

7. ELIGIBILITY
 Student has CGPA of 3.0 or higher
 Student has completed at least 75.0% of
coursework or minimum of 27 credit hours
 Student has no outstanding incomplete
grades
 Student is not on academic /disciplinary
probation

8. FINAL EVALUATION
 Pass without revision
 Pass with minor revisions to be completed in
one (1) week
 Pass with major revisions to be completed in one
(1) month
 Failure –repeat the course

9. PERFOMANCE OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES
 Adhere to the time frame stated in the course
outline, should a longer duration is necessary to
complete the project,, the approval of the
Committee Members or Director of GSM is
required.
 Show constant high self-discipline and conduct
that truly represents the disposition of a IIUM
student.
 Abide by the rules and regulations set forth by
the organization.
 Act at all times so as to protect the interests of
the IIUM.

10. CONFIDENTIALITY
All DBA students are required to sign the Non
Disclosure Agreement

11. DIPUTE AND TERMINATION
 All disputes, controversies or differences shall be settled
through mutual discussion.
 In the event any such disputes, difference or question that
cannot be resolved, it shall be referred to a panel of
arbitrators agreed upon all parties concerned.
 In the event where the student fails and/or neglects, or
persistently fails and/or neglects to undertake his/her scope
of work in professional and timely manner, the director of
GSM may terminate the consultancy work.
 Unless proven otherwise, the student may be subjected to
a disciplinary action under the IIUM (DISCIPLINE of
STUDENT 2004)

12. COURSE OUTLINE

13. INTRODUCTION
 Using the action research
methodology, management consultancy
provides an avenue for students to apply the
theoretical knowledge obtained from other DBA
courses.
 A key objective of the course is to develop client
and management intervention for chosen
organizations.

14. Week 1
 Seminar Topics on :-
 The nature of consulting Industry
 The consultant’s toolkits
 The consultant’s role in organizations
 Achieving results, client interventions
 The profession of management consultant
 Venue: GSM

15. Week 1
 Consulting Applications
 Activity : Student present on the outcome of
the proposal development and phase of client
engagement in the consultancy project
 Venue: GSM (First evaluation by the
committee)

16. WEEK 5 & 6
Consulting Applications
 Activity: Project outcome progress based on
accepted client engagement proposal
 Venue : Client’s office (Supervisor)

17. WEEK 9 & 10
Consulting Applications
 Activity: Students present the progress in the
consultancy project. Submission of Client
Reports and Project Review
 Venue: Client’s Office (Second evaluation by
the Committees and Clients)

18. WEEK 13
Final Evaluation
Activity:
 Students submit a ring binded copy for
evaluation. Submit 4 copies to GSM.
 Venue: GSM (Final evaluation)

19. WEEK 14
Final Evaluation
Activity:
 Students present the outcome of the project
and client acceptance.
 Amendment of reports should be based on
deliberation of Committees and Client.
 Venue: GSM (Final evaluation)

20. WEEK 15
Submission of Final Report
Activity: Students submit a hard bound copy
 Note:
Upon notification and acceptance by the
course coordinator for hard bound copy
submission based on amendments of report
after being commented during the final
evaluation.

21. COURSE ASSESSMENT
Method
Proposal Preparation and Presentation Pass/Fail
Client Reports and Project Reviews Pass/Fail
Final Evaluation
 Report Submission As stipulated in the
 Report Presentation policies, item 5.2

22. THANK YOU