GCP 2012 Partner Application

Thank you for your interest in the Duke MBA Global Consulting Practicum (GCP), a course in which teams of 4-6 MBA students conduct projects with organizations around the world.

Please complete the following application to be considered for participation in the GCP.

If you have any questions, please visit the GCP website (www.DukeMBAGCP.org) or email gcp@fuqua.duke.edu.

SECTION 1: ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

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1. Organization Contact Information:

Organization Contact Information: Organization/Company Name:
Mailing Address:
Mailing Address2:
Mailing Address3:
Organization Phone #:
Organization Fax #:
Website Address:
Organization Email Address (if applicable):

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2. Additional information about organization:

Additional information about organization: Year Organization Founded?:
Incorporation (For Profit; Nonprofit/NGO; other)?:
# of Paid, Full-Time Employees?:
# of Paid, Part-Time Employees?:
# of Volunteers (if any)?:
Current Operating Budget (annual revenues/expenses)?:

SECTION 2: PRIMARY CONTACT PERSON'S INFORMATION

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3. Section 2: Primary Contact Person's Information

Section 2: Primary Contact Person's Information Primary Contact Person's Name:
Primary Contact Person's Title:
Primary Contact Person's Phone #:
Primary Contact Person's Email Address:
Skype Account (if applicable):

SECTION 3: PROJECT INFORMATION

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4. Please describe your organization. What are your primary services and/or products? If you are a non-governmental organization (NGO), what is your mission?

Please describe your organization. What are your primary services and/or products? If you are a non-governmental organization (NGO), what is your mission?

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5. Please describe your organization’s goals, both short-term (1-2 years) and long-term (3-5 years)?

Please describe your organization’s goals, both short-term (1-2 years) and long-term (3-5 years)?

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6. Please provide a brief description of the business challenge/opportunity that you are looking for the student team to work with you on?

Please provide a brief description of the business challenge/opportunity that you are looking for the student team to work with you on?

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7. How would you categorize the problem (e.g., strategic, financial, marketing, operational, human resources, scaling, etc)?

How would you categorize the problem (e.g., strategic, financial, marketing, operational, human resources, scaling, etc)?

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8. The success of the consulting engagement is significantly impacted by the amount of information and feedback that the students receive from the partner organization. Please describe the resources that you will make available to the team so that they can effectively study and analyze the problem. For example, please include:

Data (will you be able to provide any reports/materials that will provide background/data for the students to analyze?)

Personnel (what staff will be made available and how often?)

Financial data (what financial reports does your organization currently produce (e.g., budgets, revenue/expense statements)

The success of the consulting engagement is significantly impacted by the amount of information and feedback that the students receive from the partner organization. Please describe the resources that you will make available to the team so that they can effectively study and analyze the problem. For example, please include:

Data (will you be able to provide any reports/materials that will provide background/data for the students to analyze?)
Personnel (what staff will be made available and how often?)
Financial data (what financial reports does your organization currently produce (e.g., budgets, revenue/expense statements)

9. Optional: Provide any additional information or website links that you believe will help our staff and students better understand your company and the proposed project.
NOTE: if you would like to send additional attachments, please email to gcp@fuqua.duke.edu.

Optional: Provide any additional information or website links that you believe will help our staff and students better understand your company and the proposed project.
NOTE: if you would like to send additional attachments, please email to gcp@fuqua.duke.edu.

SECTION 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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10. After reading and agreeing to the following statement, please add your signature and date below.

“On behalf of the applying company or organization, I request consulting assistance from The Duke MBA Global Consulting Practicum. I understand that participation in the GCP does not require an application/consulting fee; however, organizations may be asked to provide ground transportation for project-related activities/meetings when the student team is in-country. In addition, if there are any additional expenses incurred as a result of the project [NOTE: past examples have included an additional site visit that the partner organization asked students to make outside of the pre-established trip itinerary; a study that the partner organization requested the students purchase as part of their research], my organization will reimburse the Fuqua students for these expenses. Any and all such expenses will be approved by my organization in advance of purchase.

I agree to furnish all relevant company information, including but not limited to all financial information, to the assigned consulting team. I expect that this information will be held in strict confidence and that the students will sign a confidentiality agreement. The submission of this financial information, which is a condition of the consulting engagement, will be expected as soon as possible after a team of students has been chosen.

I further understand the GCP consultants have agreed not to recommend goods and services from sources in which they have an interest, nor to accept fees or commissions developing from this consulting relationship. In consideration of the GCP's furnishing management or technical assistance, I waive all claims against the GCP's personnel, faculty, the Fuqua School of Business, or Duke University arising from this assistance.”

After reading and agreeing to the following statement, please add your signature and date below. “On behalf of the applying company or organization, I request consulting assistance from The Duke MBA Global Consulting Practicum. I understand that participation in the GCP does not require an application/consulting fee; however, organizations may be asked to provide ground transportation for project-related activities/meetings when the student team is in-country. In addition, if there are any additional expenses incurred as a result of the project [NOTE: past examples have included an additional site visit that the partner organization asked students to make outside of the pre-established trip itinerary; a study that the partner organization requested the students purchase as part of their research], my organization will reimburse the Fuqua students for these expenses. Any and all such expenses will be approved by my organization in advance of purchase. I agree to furnish all relevant company information, including but not limited to all financial information, to the assigned consulting team. I expect that this information will be held in strict confidence and that the students will sign a confidentiality agreement. The submission of this financial information, which is a condition of the consulting engagement, will be expected as soon as possible after a team of students has been chosen. I further understand the GCP consultants have agreed not to recommend goods and services from sources in which they have an interest, nor to accept fees or commissions developing from this consulting relationship. In consideration of the GCP's furnishing management or technical assistance, I waive all claims against the GCP's personnel, faculty, the Fuqua School of Business, or Duke University arising from this assistance.” Your Name:
Title:
Today's Date:

Thank you for your interest in the Global Consulting Practicum! A Duke University faculty or staff member will be in touch with you shortly.

Additional information is available at www.DukeMBAGCP.org or email gcp@fuqua.duke.edu.

GCP 2012 Partner Application

*1. Organization Contact Information:

*2. Additional information about organization:

*3. Section 2: Primary Contact Person's Information

*4. Please describe your organization. What are your primary services and/or products? If you are a non-governmental organization (NGO), what is your mission?

*5. Please describe your organization’s goals, both short-term (1-2 years) and long-term (3-5 years)?

*6. Please provide a brief description of the business challenge/opportunity that you are looking for the student team to work with you on?

*7. How would you categorize the problem (e.g., strategic, financial, marketing, operational, human resources, scaling, etc)?

9. Optional: Provide any additional information or website links that you believe will help our staff and students better understand your company and the proposed project. NOTE: if you would like to send additional attachments, please email to gcp@fuqua.duke.edu.