Cass MBAs Bring Their Ideas For Change To Whitehall
Cass Business School MBA students played a role in re-imagining the UK civil service through a new voluntary project. Three teams of MBA volunteers took up the challenge to present recommendations for improving the Cabinet Office’s image to Francis Maude, the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
This was the first time the Cabinet Office has invited MBA students to undertake a consultancy project in this way, and was an exclusive opportunity for Cass Business School.
The teams were free to explore the issue from any angle – one group focused on accountability whilst another looked into how civil servants could increase transparency. The third group explored Cabinet Office culture. They carried out a cultural survey on their MBA classmates that mirrored an internal Civil Service one, to compare outside perceptions with actual employees’ views.
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