During the summer internship period, TCS-SoCal I/O students will be partnering with organizations to perform organizational culture assessments, develop employee selection processes, conduct job analysis, and develop stress management and conflict resolution training programs. Partners include A Better LA, the City of Los Angeles' (Community Development Department), SHARE, and the Chicana Service Action Center, Inc.

A major concept introduced in the Organizational Consulting Skills course was that of "BIG IDEAS," which stressed the importance of organizational consultants being able to demonstrate innovation and value to the clients they serve. Students took this concept to heart and designed the structure for an Organizational Effective Consulting Center, which is to be launched in fall 2009. In keeping with the institutional values of The Chicago School (Community, Innovation, Service, and Education) the students appropriately named the business-ConCISE:

Con- Consulting, C- Community, I- Innovation, S- Service, E- Education

The students look forward to launching the consulting center and making significant contributions to the Southern California community!