Lethbridge College won $2,500 and a second-place finish among 13 teams at the Alberta Deans of Business Case Competition In Red Deer March 6-8.
During the competition, teams are given a business case, roughly nine hours to analyze and come up with recommendations, then present to a panel of judges, one of which is the businesses owner.
One of the team’s instructors, Rita Halma, thinks the team did well and caught things most others missed.
“They did well,” said Halma. “Our team came in second, obviously, so we did extremely well. What they did that what some of the others strong teams didn’t do was they addressed all the components of the case. Some of the teams that did very good presentations, they addressed one or two aspects of the case but not everything that had been identified and that what’s the owner of the company was really looking for. Yeah, it was good.”
The team consisted of Meghan Cox, Trong Phan, Corey Zimmer and Michael Doughty. Doughty thought that winning second place was phenomenal and said he’d definitely take part again.
“It was phenomenal considering the amount of work our team put in,” said Doughty. “We started in early January and to put in that amount of effort and to be rewarded and recognized that way is really exciting. It’s definitely a compliment to our instructors and to our team that we were able to work so well together and come in second out of 13 really tough schools. We saw a lot of the competitors and there were some really excellent presentations.”
Doughty was also just recently elected as the Lethbridge College Students’ Association (LCSA) new Vice President of operations and finance.
“That was great,” said Doughty. “That all happened the same weekend so it was kind of a surprise. The LCSA is something that I’m definitely passionate about, especially with cutbacks to education. I’d like to be able to combine my education with advocacy for students at the college here.”
Overall, the business case competition was a success and students and instructors alike hope to see it continue in future years.