Before a trio of Accenture’s department heads,
each team presented their recommendations
regarding managing the network of Supply and
Demand for one of Accenture’s largest energy
retail clients.
I had designed the competition. We had three
teams in the finals. There should have been
no question that AGSM would leave as winners
and yet, I looked on in horror as another school
was awarded first place.
Thankfully 2016 saw PwC come to their senses
and the 3rd Annual Inter-University Case
Competition was scheduled for July. Leaving
the PwC offices without a trophy for AGSM was
non-negotiable.
The case this year focused on the growth
objectives of Teach For Australia (TFA), a pro
bono client of PwC’s they are working with as
part of their commitment to addressing the
STEM education issue in Australia.
Again, participants from Sydney’s leading MBA
programs worked tirelessly over three weeks
to submit their entries and then assembled at
the PwC offices to hear who had made it to
the finals. Drawing the announcement out,
to build the suspense, it was finally declared
there would be six teams going through to the
finals this year and that four of the six would be
from AGSM!!
the outcome… The