LEARNING OBJECTIVES This SMU-X course offers an experiential learning opportunity that allows students to translate classroom knowledge and theory into practical solutions for real organizations. Through this student consultancy project, students learn how to solve complex business problems with guidance from the faculty and project sponsor mentors, from problem definition to final client presentation – while simultaneously testing their skills in real world settings. The course will focus on examining accounting function and applying data-driven analytics and insights so as to identify and create accounting delivery efficiencies.
This course contributes to the development of the following learning goals:
LO2.1 Our students understand and can apply business concepts and principles.
LO2.2 Our students can communicate effectively in a business context.
LO2.3 Our students understand the principles of leadership and team building in a business context.
The course aims to achieve the following objectives:
- Real-world problem solving through student consultancy project
- Apply classroom learning and research to real-world challenges in order to envision solutions for an intelligent accounting function
- Understand the changing role of finance function
- Understand how to simplify, streamline and harmonize essential finance processes to create a leaner, more efficient finance function
- Learn how to use a data visualization tool
- Experiential and peer-learning
- Active mentoring by faculty and project sponsors
- Learn how to handle uncertainty in a project
