Telfer Competitions committee

Operations and Logistics Management

Moving from supply management or quality to process improvement, this specialization encompasses decision making for production and operations management in addition to production and inventory planning and control. In this case, the mandate can be related to stock management, production analysis, transport management, repartition, logistics chain and strategic management of costs.

Human Resources Management

This discipline includes all the practices implemented to administer, mobilize and develop the human resources involved in an organization’s activities. The human resource management case study is likely to address various issues such as change management, recruitment and retention of staff.

Organizational Information Systems

The OIS case tests participants to know whether the technological strategy suggested by their team will adequately support the organization through its operations. In this manner, several issues may be addressed such as the reengineering of business processes, the implementation of an ERP (enterprise resource planning) or the implementation of a CRM (customer relationship management).

Sustainable Developement

This event bears particular attention to social, economic and environmental responsibilities, with the aim of ensuring development that responds to the present need without compromising the ability of future generations to respond to theirs. A comprehensive strategy thus addresses the three central pillars of this discipline, the profits, the planet and the people.

Finance

The finance case study bridges the theory and current industry leading practices of investment, valuation, resource allocation and acquisition. Thus, during this case, students will be faced with a challenging related to allocation of resources, acquisition and investment decisions, profitability of various projects, evaluation, management of financial titles and risk management.

Accounting

This case study puts the student to test on a wide range of technical skills used in practice in business, in the public sector and in various other contexts. This case study can therefore address various challenges related to accounting technology, performance measurement, financial ad-vice and even business turnaround, auditing or analysis of flows or projects. By the nature and precision of the skills exploited, this case is open for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the CPA only pathway.

Taxation

The tax case applies topics such as personal income tax, corporate income tax, capital gains, attribution rules, death and gift situations, and other specific concepts related to tax law. Students will be confronted with various types of organizations, such as corporations, trusts, partnerships and even personal businesses.

Business Strategy

The business strategy case study covers several disciplines in the field of business administration and therefore various issues are likely to be addressed. This case study uses a variety of knowledge and more to the spirit of creativity and analysis skills of each participant. The synergy of various specializations in a strong strategy is a central and decisive element for success.

International Business

The international business case study covers a variety of potential mandates, including targeting new markets, selecting better strategies, the product lifecycle, the positioning of a business on multiple markets, the geographical and legal barrier as well as the development of distribution channels.

Marketing

The marketing case study encourages students to develop a marketing strategy aimed at creating real value for all stakeholders of the client company. The mandate can address different concepts such as segmentation, positioning, targeting and the variables of marketing mix. A thorough understanding of the interests of all stakeholders is an essential element in the development of a successful strategy.

Entrepreneurship

The entrepreneurship case requires from the students involved to showcase creativity and persuasion power as they elaborate a viable and quality business plan that allows the commercialization of a new product while also respecting the allocated budget. To do so, each team will have to first pitch an innovation of a product or a service to their client and attempt to convince that they have the best value proposition. Afterwards, each team will be assigned a budget that is proportional to the investors’ trust and prepare a final presentation of their business plan according to their budget.

Interactive

The interactive case study is a business strategy case for which teams will have a 24-hour resolution period in order to offer a rich strategy based on a thorough research of the partner and the relevant market. This case study involves a variety of knowledge, creativity and analysis skills from each participant, but above all, the ability of the team to adapt adequately to the new information as the first part of the 24-hour of the resolution is punctuated with partner interactions that could potentially lead teams to circle back and redirect their strategy.