STUDENT GLOBAL

CHALLENGE

YOUR SCHOLARSHIP ASSIGNMENT 2015: COTRUGLI CHALLENGE

Sometimes in life we are presented with a true opportunity to make a difference. The vision of the
‘Online MBA for people with disabilities’ pilot project is to become global and long-termed initiative
that gathers all Online MBA students and alumni in one strong business network.

As our full scholarship winner we are expecting your contribution and support on the way of achieving
that goal.

Scholarship winners are expected to do the following

type of work for COTRUGLI: consulting, mentoring and
research, and therefore COTRUGLI Challenge is one of
the research tasks.

The main purpose of the Scholarship Assignment is to

enable the students to improve
their research, negotiation, and presentation skills.

HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT?

By working on COTRUGLI CHALLENGE you will gain experience in new market research, approaching
and negotiating with different organizations, get the opportunity to make new contacts and to
improve your presentation skills. Furthermore, this will be the opportunity for you to become a
mentor of new generation of the Online MBA.

HOW IT WORKS?
1. Choose 1 colleague for the challenge. Two of you will be a team.
2. Together with your team, you will choose one country you want to explore according to
the instructions you will be provided with. List of the countries you can choose: Austria,
Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, Philippines,Kazakhstan, Qatar, Egypt, Tunisia,
India, Australia, Algeria, Namibia, Nigeria, USA, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Indonesia, Malaysia, South
African Republic or Iraq.
3. After choosing a country, you will design the project concept of engaging 20 people with
disabilities from that country to apply on the Online MBA scholarships.
4. Your team will present the project concept to COTRUGLI Committee and that is when
“the magic begins”- You will start with the implementation and development of your
team idea.

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TIMELINE:

1. Start of your team work October 1, 2015

2. Presenting the project’s concept December 1, 2015

3. Developing of the project & mentoring December 1, 2015 – February 1, 2016

4. Presentation of project’s results March 1, 2016

PRESENTING THE PROJECT’S CONCEPT (held on December 1, 2015)

Your project’s concept

1. CHALLENGE has to
(short answer this
description of questions:
targeted country, statistics, SWOT analysis)
2. SOLUTION (comparison of the suggested alternatives should lead to the final
result; pros and cons of every alternative are encouraged)
3. GOALS / CRITICAL FACTORS (description of potential issues arising when putting
your idea in practice and suggest how to avoid those difficulties)
4. PROCESS (description of all of the steps conducted in realization of the plan)
5. RESULTS (what is the final outcome of your plan; try to be very precise)

DEVELOPING OF THE PROJECT & MENTORING

From December 1, 2015 until March 2016 you will be mentored by both COTRUGLI alumni mentor and
COTRUGLI in further realization of your project.

PRESENTATION OF PROJECT’S RESULTS

Together with your team, you will present the final results of your project in March 2016.

BONUS
HERE IS SOME HELP! The team which engages the
largest number of students (not
COTRUGLI’S RESOURCES IN TARGETING NEW CANDIDATES less than 50) by the end of this
 National and local organizations and associations of people assignment will receive 1.000
with disabilities
EUR (gross) bonus.
 Employment Services in targeted countries
 Social networks
 Recommendations The new Student has to fulfill all
 ‘Friends of friends’ requirements for Online MBA
Program, he/she should not be
We made market research of different organizations which supported us and involved in any enrollment
helped in the promotion of the project. We also organized few workshops on
the project and held a presentations about it while guesting on several
process already organized by
symposiums and conferences. COTRUGLI.

For all additional question you are welcome to contact us on onlineMBA@cotrugli.eu.

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