Capstone Experience in Human Relations

AHSC 434
Closed
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lecturer
(3)
4
Timeline
  • January 20, 2023
    Experience start
  • January 28, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • February 18, 2023
    Work plan completed
  • March 25, 2023
    All participative activities completed
  • April 1, 2023
    Final Feedback meeting
  • April 8, 2023
    Final activity report
  • April 8, 2023
    Experience end
Experience
5/10 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Startup, Social Enterprise, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Internal communications Training & development Workplace culture Volunteer organizing Community engagement
Skills
teamwork critical thinking communication data analysis research
Learner goals and capabilities
  • Are you working with a team looking to increase its effectiveness and resilience?
  • Do you feel the need to reflect on your next strategic priorities?
  • Are you looking to develop new skills and capacities with your stakeholders and members?
  • Do you need new insights into the experiences, perspectives and priorities of your stakeholders?


Then you may be interested to explore collaborating with a team of human relations students...


Through the involvement of our students, organizations can often :

  • Work on special projects they may not normally have the time or capacity to engage in,
  • Build effective teams with improved collaboration capacity,
  • Clarify their impact and refine their strategic vision;
  • Address collaborative challenges that hinder the organization capacity to deliver its work or live its values;

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
75 learners
Project
20 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The deliverables will be agreed upon with the organization, as part of a contract with the students. They will depend on the nature of the project, but participating organizations can typically expect:

  • Some initial conversations with the student teams to refine the framing and intention of the project you are looking for support with and help the students better understand the context,
  • A work plan towards the clarified intended outcomes;
  • The design of one or several participative activities involving the stakeholders in your team, organization or community;
  • The facilitation of said activities;
  • A report on the work done and the results;
  • A final feedback conversation.
Project timeline
  • January 20, 2023
    Experience start
  • January 28, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • February 18, 2023
    Work plan completed
  • March 25, 2023
    All participative activities completed
  • April 1, 2023
    Final Feedback meeting
  • April 8, 2023
    Final activity report
  • April 8, 2023
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Examples of projects:

  • Skill building workshops

* examples of themes: interpersonal communications, conflict management, leadership, collaboration & teamwork, feedback;

  • Facilitating strategic conversations

* Ex: Clarifying vision, mission, values; Creating action plans; etc.

  • Gathering and analyzing data through thoughtfully designed participatory research processes

* ex: interviews, focus groups;

  • Improving work processes

*ex: creating an onboarding manual, etc.;

  • Working on special projects you may not normally have the time or capacity to engage in:

*ex: team building days; community gathering;


Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

The students will be able to work with stakeholders to complete the project.

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the course to review the project scope.