Management Consulting In Practice

Author : Fiona Czerniawska
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780749448189
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Management Consulting in Practice written by Fiona Czerniawska and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the relationships between top management consultant teams and their clients, this text includes case studies from both the private and public sectors, as well as describing how the approaches employed can be utilised for other companies.

Author : Kimberly Chong
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478002379
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best Practice written by Kimberly Chong and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Best Practice Kimberly Chong provides an ethnography of a global management consultancy that has been hired by Chinese companies, including Chinese state-owned enterprises. She shows how consulting emerges as a crucial site for considering how corporate organization, employee performance, business ethics, and labor have been transformed under financialization. To date financialization has been examined using top-down approaches that portray the rise of finance as a new logic of economic accumulation. Best Practice, by contrast, focuses on the everyday practices and narratives through which companies become financialized. Effective management consultants, Chong finds, incorporate local workplace norms and assert their expertise in the particular terms of China's national project of modernization, while at the same time framing their work in terms of global “best practices.” Providing insight into how global management consultancies refashion Chinese state-owned enterprises in preparation for stock market flotation, Chong demonstrates both the dynamic, fragmented character of financialization and the ways in which Chinese state capitalism enables this process.

Author : Joe O'Mahoney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199645477
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Management Consultancy written by Joe O'Mahoney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Management Consultancy' provides a comprehensive introduction to the consulting industry. The text begins with the presentation of a theoretical underpinning, before outlining how to carry out management consultancy and providing guidance on entering the industry.

Author : Bruce L. KATCHER Ph.D.
Publisher : AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
ISBN 13 : 0814414370
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Insider's Guide to Building a Successful Consulting Practice written by Bruce L. KATCHER Ph.D. and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re a beginner just starting up a consulting practice, or a veteran looking for ways to invigorate your existing business, An Insider’s Guide to Building a Successful Consulting Practice is an invaluable resource. Featuring real stories from consultants in diverse industries, the book offers simple yet powerful ways to: Identify a market and narrow your focus • Make a smooth transition from employee to independent consultant • Sell effectively even if you’ve never sold before • Establish visibility through speaking, writing, and networking • Build credibility by leveraging the credibility of others • Set prices based on value • Develop a marketing strategy and divide your time between marketing and delivering your services • Keep plenty of work in your pipeline • Adapt and thrive in any market condition • And much more Complete with the results of an original survey of 200 successful independent consultants, this handy guide provides the kind of real-life advice you need to build a thriving business.

Author : Edward G. Verlander
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118283112
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Practice of Professional Consulting written by Edward G. Verlander and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Practice of Professional Coaching Change is the life-blood of consulting just as organizations endure only through successful change. The reality of this mutual need lies at the heart of what consulting is all about. Consultants solve problems created by the powerful forces of change in an organization's environment and in so doing, create change themselves. The Practice of Professional Consulting is a comprehensive examination of what has been called "the world's newest profession." In this practical resource Edward Verlander offers an overview of the industry and includes the most useful processes, tools, and skills used by successful consultants to produce solutions for their clients. The book also reveals why consulting is a growing and attractive career option. The best practices used by leading consulting firms are included in the book as well as the capabilities skillful consultant use in each stage of engagement. Verlander also recommends ways to ensure a consultant can solve a client's problems in a systematic, professional way. At the very heart of the book is the emphasis he puts on what is needed to become a truly trusted consultant. Filled with a wealth of must-have information from a wide range of consulting professionals, the book includes: a model of the consulting cycle; a diagnostic instrument for assessing consulting roles; ideas of how to develop political intelligence to navigate client organizations; tools for managing consulting meetings, risk assessment, and skills transfer; techniques in communications, emotional intelligence, presentations, and listening; and much more. Written for anyone wishing to start a consulting business, new employees at established consulting firms, facilitators of consulting training programs, and faculty at business schools, this important resource provides an easy way to understand the stages, roles, and tasks of consulting found in any type of consulting and it provides simple and easy-to-use techniques and templates for implementation.

Author : Steven C. Stryker
Publisher : Government Institutes
ISBN 13 : 1605907227
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles and Practices of Professional Consulting written by Steven C. Stryker and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 2011-01-16 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although consultants influence the outcome of major endeavors in the fields of management, finance, government, and engineering, few attempts have been made to establish the tenets and techniques of consulting. In Principles and Practices of Professional Consulting, author Steven C. Stryker outlines the basic tools required of this critical skill. In doing so, he looks into the history of consulting, the consulting process itself, and the key practical skills and techniques that are needed for successful consulting. Case examples based on real-life situations aptly demonstrate the applicability of the material to current consulting activities. After introducing the topic and presenting some background information, this book goes through the process of consulting from meeting and securing clients, to planning and implementing a proper strategy, to terminating and evaluating assignments. It provides techniques and principles at each stage of the process which are sure to improve one's consulting practice. This book presents much crucial information that can be immediately used by professionals and students in various disciplines. It is both comprehensive, covering all the essential aspects of professional consulting by uniting theory and practice into a single resource, and accessible, presenting this information in a clear-cut manner that allows it to be easily used by anyone wishing to learn more about the important art of professional consulting.

Author : Anthony F. Buono
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1607521849
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emerging Trends and Issues in Management Consulting written by Anthony F. Buono and published by IAP. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninth volume in the Research in Management Consulting (RMC) series—much like the volumes that preceded it—underscores that management consulting is a multifaceted field with a truly eclectic nature. Management consultants range from sole practitioners and those working in small boutique firms to members of global consultancies that literally span the world. Their interventions can consist of relatively simple, commonly available services focused on mid- to lower level organizational members, to those that are far more esoteric in nature, providing vital assistance and direction to key players at the upper echelons of the corporate hierarchy. As consultants we can have individuals, groups and work units, or organizations as our “client,” and engagements can be dominated by junior-level specialists or guided by senior-level gurus and advisors. The volume contains 11 chapters that continue the RMC series’ commitment to enhancing our understanding of and insight into management consulting and the consulting process from a cross-cultural, global perspective. The book is divided into three sections that explore emerging issues and challenges in the management consulting industry, trends and techniques in management consulting interventions, and reflections on consulting and the consulting process. This volume, which captures the dual nature—possibilities and challenges — associated with management consulting, adds to the Janus-faced portrayal of the field. Drawing on the interplay between practice and scholarship, the volume adds to the series goal of gaining a fuller understanding of management consulting theory in practice and practice in context in a quest for actionable knowledge about consultants, consultancies and the consulting process.

Author : Matthias Kipping
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191628093
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Management Consulting written by Matthias Kipping and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management consultants of various kinds play an important role in the world of business, and within other types of organization. The Oxford Handbook on Management Consulting is a comprehensive overview of thinking and research on management consultancy with contributions from leading international scholars. The first section provides an account of the historical developments in management consulting research, and how current thinking has evolved from prior work. The second section focuses on disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, their diversities, areas of synergy, and parallel concerns. The following sections examine consulting as a knowledge business, consultants and management fashion, and the relationship between management consultants and their clients. The Handbook concludes with an assessment of areas of future research and debate. By bringing together a wide range of research and thinking on management consulting across different disciplines, sub-disciplines, and conceptual approaches, the Handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of both current thinking and future directions for research.

Author : Gary W. Randazzo
Publisher : Business Expert Press
ISBN 13 : 1948976838
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating a Successful Consulting Practice written by Gary W. Randazzo and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with understanding the types of consulting projects and how they originate, this book shows the reader how to develop networks that can play an important role in generating prospects for consulting projects. The reader is given the steps of identifying the objective of a project, establishing the project’s scope and deliverables, how insure a successful consulting engagement by having early agreement between the consultant and the client on the process, the deliverables, the timetable and the cost of the project. The author introduces a process that will guide consultants through the steps of generating a project strategy, tactics and execution plan, and how to present recommendations to the client. Finally, this book will provide insights and guidance on how to build a thriving practice through successful completion of individual consulting projects. The global consulting market was estimated to be $251 billion U.S. dollars in 2016 and is projected to have steady growth through 2020. There is no better time to pursue a career in consulting and this book will be a useful guide for consultants both established and aspiring.

Author : David Biggs
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 9781408007914
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Management Consulting written by David Biggs and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2010 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management Consulting: A Guide for Students bridges the gap between the latest academic research and practical skills to provide a comprehensive new introduction to modern consulting. David Biggs' important new textbook walks students through the key dimensions of management consulting from the contexts, through the processes, and into skills and implementation using a wide range of examples to provide a refreshing and modern guide for students. Every chapter deploys a consistent pedagogical framework including clear learning objectives that correspond with the latest standard course outlines, mini case studies, and industry snapshots. Full-length case studies appear at the end of every chapter, either prepared specifically for the text by international academics and consultants or supplied from premium vendors such as Harvard Business Review. A full set of online supporting resources for students and lectures make this the complete resource for management consulting courses at all levels.