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Every fall Dalhousie University's Faculty of Management offers an innovative graduate class called Management Without Borders (MWB). Students are asked to work on group projects with host organizations across Nova Scotia, which provides students with the chance to apply the theory and skills they learn in class to real-world challenges. For partner organizations, this is an excellent opportunity to have creative, bright and determined graduate students take on a project that would benefit your organization.
 
Jenny Baechler, course coordinator for Management Without Borders, is recruiting organizations interested in partnering on these MWB student projects.
 
As MWB students are all in graduate management programs, we're looking for projects that will give them the opportunity to develop and hone technical management skills and/or explore topics at a level appropriate for graduate students. Each project team is composed of students from diverse programs (business administration, information and library studies, public administration, marine management and resource/environmental management). Consequently, appropriate projects are those that require the mobilization of multiple skill sets. Ideally, the course seeks to include host organizations that cover a wide range of specialties. A list of potential project topics includes (but is not limited to):

• program evaluation
• policy recommendations
• marketing & communication plans
• feasibility assessments
• general research, synthesis and recommendations, strategic plans, workshop development.

Projects begin on September 5 and must be wrapped up by December 5, 2014. For projects to be included in the 2014 MWB course, initial ideas or expressions of interest by host organizations should be submitted no later than Friday, June 27.
 
For more information on working with one of the MWB student groups, please contact:
 
Jenny Baechler
Management Without Borders (MWB) Course Coordinator
Faculty of Management
902-494-3321
jenny.baechler@dal.ca