MAPs
Multidisciplinary Academic Partnerships
Connecting Business and Academic Communities
Developing Partnerships:
Alumni and Faculty Advisory Panel
Student Consultancy Teams
Business and Community projects
Utilizing knowledge, experience and expertise
to build relationships!
The College of Business and Technology within Texas A&M University - Commerce offers this unique program in an effort to provide developmental services and technological assistance to our business community. With support of faculty and alumni advisors, graduate and undergraduate students provide consulting services which positively impact our partners, thereby strengthening the community at large.
Graduate and professional students are utilized as consultants to provide varied services and assistance to our business and community partners. Projects are selected via application; students are identified and assigned to a consulting team, and then matched with appropriate business projects.
Services provided by our team consultants range from market research and analysis, management, marketing, and business plan development; to finance and accounting, operations management, IT development and strategic planning.
College of Business and Technology Mission:
The College of Business and Technology is a scholarly and professional community dedicated to providing continuous intellectual research, intellectual development, and service opportunities in a learning-centered environment
Program Vision:
To establish and grow a program designed to serve as a beacon by which top-quality students are drawn to Texas A&M – Commerce (TAMU-C) and are even more capable upon graduation. The idea behind the program is to model standards of excellence; to stimulate faculty to explore and promote pedagogy centered on innovative, participative, and experiential learning and research; and to create a community of scholars that contribute to the intellectual milieu of
TAMU-C.
Program Mission:
To enhance the value of departmental programs in the College of Business and Technology (CBT) at TAMU-C; fulfilling the TAMU-C strategic plan of attracting, retaining, and graduating outstanding students – committed to and capable of lifelong learning. We will provide innovative, relevant, and quality academic programs that meet student needs. We will provide environments and delivery systems to enable students, faculty and staff, and the greater community to develop their capabilities, build understanding, increase knowledge, and expand service.
Program Goals and Objectives:
Prepare and enable students for future business opportunities, situations, and challenges by fostering an experiential learning environment which encourages both academic and practical knowledge; in turn improving visibility of the CBT within the business and academic community.
Identify, recruit, and communicate with top/potential departmental students demonstrating core competencies at the sophomore/junior level.
Identify and communicate with faculty and alumni for support and advisory panel positions.
Establish database to identify and communicate with business leaders for proposed projects.
