Term 4: The Company Project
In the last term of your MBA, you will apply the knowledge you have acquired in a challenging company project: Together with a team of your fellow participants you will act as consultants for an international company. The teams conclude term four with a master thesis.
The company project, finally, will be your ultimate challenge and stepping-stone: It will truly bring to light your strengths and achievements. It is not a mere case study but rather the 100 % application of all the knowledge and skills you will have gathered during the MBA program and a huge career development opportunity. No matter which company, location, industry and function you are interested in – Mannheim Business School with its business contacts can offer you a great variety of projects in order to find the right one for you.
Your company project can be a new venture, a major corporate innovation, or the development of a business strategy for a multi-national corporation. Well-known companies will approach you and ask you to propose a solution to an existing business challenge. You will act as a consulting group taking care of everything from initial research to the presentation of your results in front of a jury of executives and professors. While you strive to make your team's work a success, project management, intercultural and leadership skills will be of utmost importance.
Both the company and your team will profit immensely from this project – can there be a better introduction to a potential employer? Apart from generating invaluable business contacts for your career, projects have often attracted interested companies that wish to buy the reports of company projects or led to publications in renowned journals.
Examples of company projects:
| Company | Project |
| DaimlerChrysler AG | Engine Production Network Evaluation |
| Siemens AG | Development of a Siemens CP Market Strategy for European Telecom Operators |
| BASF AG | Group Forming Trends in the Car Repair Market in Europe |
| Thomas Cook AG | Development of a CRM Vision for the Multi-Channel Sales Platform Strategy of Thomas Cook |
| Continental AG | Continental Tires and the Development of a Structured Price Corridor for the Volkswagen Care Dealership Tire Business |
| A.T. Kearney GmbH | Best Practices in M&A Project Management from Seller's Perspective |
| BMW AG | Sourcing Strategy reg. IT Support for European Markets |
| Heliad Equity Partners/VCH Investment Group | Evaluating Solar Value Creation in a Dynamic Market |
| Deutsche Bank AG | Building Technologies in Emerging Markets |
| Bilfinger Berger AG | Divisional Cost of Capital at the Bilfinger Berger AG |
| Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG | Strategies for the Implementation of a Segment Oriented Solutions Approach |