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Esade launches this edition’s MBA Action Learning Consultancy Project (ALCP) using Telanto technology
by Samantha M. Pearson
This week the new edition of Esade’s MBA Action Learning Consultancy Project (ALCP) has begun.
During the kick-off session held this past Tuesday 16th Feb at EsadeCREAPOLIS, St. Cugat, student groups gathered around tables surrounded by an atmosphere of sheer excitement while been introduced to the process by the program director, and followed by Telanto, whom explained the technology platform highlights.
The novelty for this edition is the insertion of the Telanto technology into the project, a top-notch software platform tool to help both parts - students and companies – connect, engage and share information in real time in a smart seamless manner and on the cloud. Telanto technology will make the whole operation much more effective and productive compared to the former tedious exposure to confusing document mislaying across tons of e-mails and the sort.
The ALCP is a hands-on applied learning program experience with two editions per year, each lasting three months; the beauty of it is the fact it links Education - through the learning experience -and the Workplace - by solving real world challenges.
The Action Learning Program includes six components:
A Project, challenge, task orproblem: challenges provided by companies can be in any functional area
Teams of 4-5 “self-defined” students
Reflective questioning andlistening
Creating solutions and takingaction
A commitment to learning
Actions Learning coach
The benefits for the students reside in obtaining 3 credits, a unique learning method, the consulting, getting to solve a real life challenge and a net for their future, which brings satisfied students with good placement rankings and an entrepreneurship/innovation focus. On the other hand, companies also benefit from the formula by obtaining the fresh ‘out of the box’ solutions, practical outcomes, experience diversity and access to TOP International talent.
In this version there are 54 students of 22 nationalities participating, 70% Male and 30% female, out of which 43% come from Economics & Management, 37% Engineering, 7% Humanities and Social Sciences, 7% Sciences and 6% from other specialties.
The ALCP process involves different stages or steps, combined with in-class workshops and followed up and led by three coaches, to whom students need to deliver milestones during the whole project and up until the concluding presentation.
Just after the kick-off performance, students hold a first meeting within their group to get to know each other by introducing themselves and explaining their background and the motivation for participating in the project; this is followed by company introduction, providing relevant information together with detail to the challenges and the expected output definition; and finally, coordination meetings are organised as well as any other arrangements relevant to the process.
Currently, the preparatory courses are taking place (18th – 6th March, approx.) and on the 2nd of March students should be presenting their first proposal to their clients. Meanwhile, we wish them all a great experience!
Stay tuned to hear more about the process coming up.
