Action-Based Learning Projects:
MAP & Consulting Studio

Dortmund

Dortmund
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Customer Experience Enhancements
Thyssenkrupp-nucera is an organization focused on developing green hydrogen using existing technology used in the Chlor-alkali business. Green hydrogen is the future and will be key in driving energy transition.
Goal of this team will be to develop a plan to increase sales by connecting with existing Chlor-alkali customers to conduct a detailed voice of the customer to understand key value attributes from these customers. These data will be used to define the service offerings for this business and any product attributes we learn from this exercise will enable to business to support the growth in the green hydrogen business.
The team will work closely with the strategy leader in US, CEO for the US business and will also interact with key leadership team in the corporate office in Dortmund, Germany.
Goal of this team will be to develop a plan to increase sales by connecting with existing Chlor-alkali customers to conduct a detailed voice of the customer to understand key value attributes from these customers. These data will be used to define the service offerings for this business and any product attributes we learn from this exercise will enable to business to support the growth in the green hydrogen business.
The team will work closely with the strategy leader in US, CEO for the US business and will also interact with key leadership team in the corporate office in Dortmund, Germany.
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Champaign, IL

Champaign, IL
2025
BBA Capstone
Strategic Roadmapping
Develop a comprehensive project to support LeaderShape in creating a strategic plan that aligns its mission with long-term growth, enhances program impact, and strengthens operational efficiency, ensuring the organization can continue empowering young leaders effectively.
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Nairobi

Nairobi
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Operations Enhancements
Design and implement a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative health and economic impact of CheckUps COVA's health benefits management platform on early adopters (small businesses and informal sector workers). The project will evaluate how COVA's allocation algorithms optimize healthcare spending efficiency and demonstrate measurable improvements in healthcare accessibility and financial outcomes for families who have chosen COVA as an alternative to traditional health insurance.
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NYC, NY
NYC, NY
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Strategic Roadmapping
The MAP team will develop a business plan to create an apprentice program focused on helping young people find careers in plumbing, electricity, carpentry, roofing, and walling. The US has a huge issue with not enough skilled trades people. This project will be supported by top real estate, and Ireland and US Government officials.
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Virtual

Virtual
2025
MBAn Consulting Studio
Market Analysis and Assessment
Analyze current company data to compute a predictive model on patient engagement to predict when patients are likely to become less consistent with their medication regimen and brainstorm solutions on how to keep patients on their regimens.
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Livonia, MI

Livonia, MI
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Go-To-Market Strategy
Zoom Home lending, in its first year, has a run rate of nearly $1.0B in mortgage volume. We are now looking to generate more volume and incremental market share at a faster pace while connecting all threads (ecosystem) related to the mortgage processing experience.
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Southfield, MI

Southfield, MI
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Strategic Roadmapping
The artificial intelligence revolution has data centers popping up everywhere. With the grid not having enough capacity to support the power requirements for data centers, simple economics says that the levelized cost of energy will increase. How will quantum computing start taking some of the compute from traditional cloud? How will the overall carbon footprint come down due to quantum, given its significant cooling costs? What will the model of data centers look like in the future?
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Franklin, TN

Franklin, TN
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Go-To-Market Strategy
Schneider Electric has an existing strategy around digitally enabled products, and as a continuation of this strategy we need to better understand customer mindset around digitally enabled products and how the purchase of these connected products can drive Software and Service recurring revenue.
Investigate new routes to market and new revenue opportunities for Schneider Electric’s Software and Digital Services businesses.
Investigate new routes to market and new revenue opportunities for Schneider Electric’s Software and Digital Services businesses.
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Brentwood, New Hampshire

Brentwood, New Hampshire
2025
Weekend MBA MAP
Go-To-Market Strategy
Conduct a competitive assessment and market segmentation for the $1B US roof underlayment product category for the growing metal and tile roof cladding segments. Develop a business and product portfolio strategy that will enable Owens Corning to quickly grow sales and market share.
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Washington D.C.

Washington D.C.
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Strategic Roadmapping
The Washington Spirit is a professional women's soccer team based in the Washington metropolitan area, competing in the National Women's Soccer League. The MAP team would create a business plan for the Spirit to develop a series of programs aimed at enhancing the professional soccer players' business acumen, wealth management, and career development post-retirement, similar to programs offered by other sports leagues.
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Bangalore

Bangalore
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Financial Analysis and Planning
Create a strategic go-to-market plan for a machine learning-as-a-service platform tailored for credit and fraud analysis. This platform enhances internal data with a marketplace of alternate data providers and facilitates the creation of machine learning models through a no-code interface.
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Lagos

Lagos
2025
Full-Time MBA MAP
Strategic Roadmapping
Develop a roadmap for a scalable membership-based wholesale warehouse club for clean energy solutions that provides members (manufacturers, providers and end-consumers) several complementary benefits, including seamless access to highest-quality products at the most competitive prices, repair hubs, experience centers, shared resources.
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Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, GA
2025
MSCM Consulting Studio
Supply Chain Optimization
Assess opportunities to change and improve our parameters, policies, and practices for Planning Time Fence and Threshold for Max/Excess Future Days of Supply based on the competitive and supply chain dynamics of our varied Business Units. Also, help refine our Plan Adherence metric (measurement and targets) based on industry best practices. Quantify value creation and value capture opportunities from adjustments to these planning parameters and implications for our inventory management/allocation for the US market.
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