Each Academic team is comprised of 3 students. They are given 3 hours in isolation with only a laptop and some writing utensils. Students then analyze the case, create a recommendation, and provide an implementation plan.
Then, you present.
THE TEAMS
Business Strategy
International Business
Operations Management
Business Technology
Entrepreneurship
Accounting
Finance
Marketing
Not-For-Profit
Human Resources
THE CASE
Cases are essentially situations where businesses or industries are facing a challenge. Depending on the concentration of the team, a particular set of information is detailed within the case.
The teams take on the role of the problem-solvers. They are tasked to analyze several solutions and pick the best to recommend. Other cases require the team to create a new solution themselves.
THE PRESENTATION
Each team is given 20 minutes to present their solution and plan to a panel of industry judges. Afterwards, they are faced with a 5-minute Q&A period from the judges.
Entrepreneurship is a little different, they do not have a separated presentation and question periods.
Instead, the team is given 5 minutes of uninterrupted presentation time. In the following 15 minutes, judges are permitted to interrupt the presentation with their questions.