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Projects
The CLOC helps organizations think differently about issues that traditionally fall under categories such as change management, workplace effectiveness, business alignment, organizational and leadership development, talent management, process efficiency and knowledge management. We work with the CLOC community to translate our deep focus on learning, organizational knowledge and strategic change practices into assessments, solution design and program implementation — all with a view toward creating value for the organization and developing people to reach their fullest potential.
One method for translating our expertise into applied solutions is the Practicum project. Similar to a medical school residency, the MSLOC Practicum is designed to allow students to practice their consulting skills and learning and organizational change specialization while reflecting about their learning under the supervision of an experienced MSLOC faculty member. Graduate students in the MSLOC program who have completed their core coursework are required to complete a Practicum project, designed as a 100-hour consulting project that matches each student's academic background, skills and career aspirations with the sponsoring organization's needs.
MSLOC Practicum Project Examples
Additional details for CLOC partners: Practicum Project Description for CLOC Partners
CLOC Partners that sponsor Practicum projects gain the following:
CLOC staff members work with you to understand your business needs and selet individual students or student teams to deliver project outcomes.
MSLOC students work as individuals or as consulting teams to contribute MSLOC-based knowledge and expertise, and they draw on the support and coaching of MSLOC faculty and staff who oversee the engagement process to ensure client satisfaction. Depending on the value created for the organization, we ask partner organizations to make an educational contribution to the MSLOC program. The amount of the contribution depends on the scope and resource demands of the project.
Before MSLOC students can engage in a Practicum project, they must successfully complete six core graduate courses in learning and performance, knowledge management and strategic change. In addition, MSLOC students hone their consulting skills or complete classes that build competence in consulting skills, research methods and design.
Last updated: 2008-06-18 11:30:19
The CLOC helps organizations think differently about issues that traditionally fall under categories such as change management, workplace effectiveness, business alignment, organizational and leadership development, talent management, process efficiency and knowledge management. We work with the CLOC community to translate our deep focus on learning, organizational knowledge and strategic change practices into assessments, solution design and program implementation — all with a view toward creating value for the organization and developing people to reach their fullest potential.
One method for translating our expertise into applied solutions is the Practicum project. Similar to a medical school residency, the MSLOC Practicum is designed to allow students to practice their consulting skills and learning and organizational change specialization while reflecting about their learning under the supervision of an experienced MSLOC faculty member. Graduate students in the MSLOC program who have completed their core coursework are required to complete a Practicum project, designed as a 100-hour consulting project that matches each student's academic background, skills and career aspirations with the sponsoring organization's needs.
MSLOC Practicum Project Examples
Following are a few examples of projects our students have completed:
- Designing a new employee “onboarding” program to accelerate the transition of new employees into the culture of an insurance company
- Designing a leadership development program for senior consultants of a large consulting firm
- Reviewing and making recommendations for the redesign of a global performance management system for a large manufacturing organization
- Designing a change management toolkit for internal HR generalists to use with their business partners at a global manufacturing company
- Conducting an organizational culture assessment for a small healthcare organization
- Facilitating communication among leaders of a large public school system to help them align their practices with their strategies
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the high-potential leadership development program for a property management company
Additional details for CLOC partners: Practicum Project Description for CLOC Partners
Interested in sponsoring a Practicum project? Contact us.
CLOC Partner BenefitsCLOC Partners that sponsor Practicum projects gain the following:
- Leading-edge thinking and practice from individual students or teams of students supported by the intellectual and professional resources associated with the MSLOC program
- Professional development as a mentor for MSLOC graduate students
- Affiliation with the generative CLOC community at Northwestern University
- A pipeline for future practicum project work and employee talent
CLOC staff members work with you to understand your business needs and selet individual students or student teams to deliver project outcomes.
MSLOC students work as individuals or as consulting teams to contribute MSLOC-based knowledge and expertise, and they draw on the support and coaching of MSLOC faculty and staff who oversee the engagement process to ensure client satisfaction. Depending on the value created for the organization, we ask partner organizations to make an educational contribution to the MSLOC program. The amount of the contribution depends on the scope and resource demands of the project.
Before MSLOC students can engage in a Practicum project, they must successfully complete six core graduate courses in learning and performance, knowledge management and strategic change. In addition, MSLOC students hone their consulting skills or complete classes that build competence in consulting skills, research methods and design.
Last updated: 2008-06-18 11:30:19
