This practicum course is designed to provide Accelerated MBA students with a valuable professional experience at a Greater Worcester business or nonprofit organization requiring a minimum of 20 hours per week. Students attend bi-monthly seminar/classroom sessions to share and analyze the learning and challenges in their internship experiences. Students are asked to develop proactive professional habits of mind, strengthen analytical skills, maintain positive mentoring relationships, and reflect on their overall internship performance in order to connect organizations, theory, and practice. Through a variety of guest lectures, panel discussions, and on-site visits, students are exposed to the power of networking and the importance of career management, while increasing their knowledge of managerial communications and human resources and the role that they play in understanding strategic business processes.
Prerequisites
student in the Accelerated MBA program or permission of MBA Director