Management Consulting Today And Tomorrow

Author : Flemming Poulfelt,Thomas H. Olson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317300588

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Management Consulting Today and Tomorrow by Flemming Poulfelt,Thomas H. Olson Pdf

This new edition gathers more than 22 experts to outline the theory behind consulting, providing insight into change processes and management issues in the field. The business of consulting has grown faster than most other businesses, due not only to increased demand by clients, but also to the innovative capabilities of numerous consulting firms as they develop new services. Divided into six parts, the book introduces readers to the consulting industry, addressing the major practice areas, contexts, and implementations of the field. Significant updates detail the effect of the economic troubles between 2004 and 2010 and then 2010 and now; analyze the market response to consulting in recent years; and provide a more thorough understanding of how consulting is applied in the different areas of a business, such as operations, marketing, and finance. Introductions written by the editors offer further insight into the themes and learning goals of each section, helping readers to recognize the elements of a successful consultation, and utilize their new skill set. The text concludes with a look at the future of consulting with regards to ethics standards and how strong manager-client relationships contribute to financial growth. Readers will also learn how the developing field of entrepreneurship creates new economic structures and job opportunities. Practitioners, consultants, clients, faculty, and students of business and management will learn not only how to consult, but also gain the skills needed to adapt to and lead organizational change, giving them a competitive edge when they enter the field.

Author : Larry E. Greiner,Flemming Poulfelt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135965327

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Management Consulting Today and Tomorrow by Larry E. Greiner,Flemming Poulfelt Pdf

This book provides a thorough examination of a variety of specialties within the broad range of management consulting. A book of such scope and depth could only be written by a large number of experts, each from one of the many specialties related to management consulting. Together, all 27 contributors take the reader through an industry that is currently undergoing significant change. While covering all the major practice areas of consulting, the book also offers new insights into change processes and addresses compelling management issues now facing consulting firms.

Author : Larry E. Greiner,Thomas H. Olson,Flemming Poulfelt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business consultants
ISBN : 0415803578

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Management Consulting Today and Tomorrow Casebook by Larry E. Greiner,Thomas H. Olson,Flemming Poulfelt Pdf

Contains 20 cases, including those from Harvard and Stanford, that present the broad range of topics that are pertinent to the management consulting. This title helps to prepare consultants and other business managers for a successful future in a highly competitive consulting environment.

Author : Larry E. Greiner,Flemming Poulfelt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135965310

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Management Consulting Today and Tomorrow by Larry E. Greiner,Flemming Poulfelt Pdf

This book provides a thorough examination of a variety of specialties within the broad range of management consulting. A book of such scope and depth could only be written by a large number of experts, each from one of the many specialties related to management consulting. Together, all 27 contributors take the reader through an industry that is currently undergoing significant change. While covering all the major practice areas of consulting, the book also offers new insights into change processes and addresses compelling management issues now facing consulting firms.

Author : Jean-Paul Thommen,Ansgar Richter
Publisher : Gabler Verlag
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3409125841

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Management Consulting Today by Jean-Paul Thommen,Ansgar Richter Pdf

Leading management consultants and academics discuss the development of the consulting industry and of the firms that have decisively shaped the sector. The authors provide in-depth insights into the leadership of top management consultancies, the strategy and structure of consulting firms, the changing dynamics of client-consultant relationships, and the development of new consulting approaches.

Author : Anthony F. Buono
Publisher : IAP
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-10-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781607525301

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Current Trends in Management Consulting by Anthony F. Buono Pdf

Volume One in this series focuses on current trends in the management consulting industry. It is divided into three sections: (1) a look at some of the broad changes taking place in the management consulting industry, (2) an examination of recent trends and techniques in the practice of management consulting, and (3) reflections on the current state of affairs in the industry. As this brief overview has hopefully captured, the first volume in this series provides ample insight into and differing perspectives on the multi-faceted world of management consulting. Thanks are due to all the authors for their thoughtful work, good-natured colleagueship, and willingness to contribute their thoughts and insights about the consulting field. This volume would not have been possible without their efforts.

Author : Ronald R. Sims
Publisher : IAP
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798887301686

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Human Resource (Talent) Development by Ronald R. Sims Pdf

The rapidly transforming environment that we live in has made human resource development (HRD) all the more necessary for the success of today’s organizations. HRD initiatives help their organizations by developing employees who assist their organizations in not only surviving, but thriving in our increasingly global world. Today’s best practice or benchmarked organizations and their HRD professionals continue to recognize the importance of employee learning, knowledge, skills and motivation to organizational success. This recognition increasingly opens many doors as organizational leaders accept the fact that HRD initiatives can be used to ensure that organization members have what it takes to successfully meet the demands that confront them and their organizations. This book takes the position that HRD can demonstrate how their initiatives help to develop a superior workforce so that the organization and its individual employees can accomplish their strategic and operational goals in service to their clients or customers. This book is written with the belief that HRD professionals have many opportunities to learn, change and find ways both in and outside of the workplace to contribute to the development of learning organizations as we move further into the 21st century. A major point of this book is that HRD will continue to become more and more important to organizational success when one considers the increased responsibilities HRD professionals have taken on during and post- the COVID pandemic. The primary audience for this book is practicing HRM and HRD professionals, and other organizational leaders. The book provides proven ideas important to demonstrating the value of HRD. From a practical viewpoint, it is based on actual experience, a strong research base, and accepted practices presented in an easy to read form. A second target audience is students of HRD and HRM who are preparing for careers in this important field. This book will help them develop a solid foundation to the study of HRD practices or initiatives that are key to HRD success regardless of the type of organization. A third target audience is managers or leaders at all levels of an organization who are expected to take on a number of HRD responsibilities (e.g., as trainers, coaches, mentors, change agents, and so on) while regularly partnering with HRD professionals. It offers these individuals a firsthand look at what they should expect of their HRD functions or areas and how they can effectively work with HRD professionals in their organizations to achieve the organizations strategic goals by getting the most out of its human people.

Author : Louise Wickham,Jeremy Wilcock
Publisher : Pearson UK
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781292259536

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Business and Management Consulting by Louise Wickham,Jeremy Wilcock Pdf

Author : Michael S. Deimler,Richard Lesser,David Rhodes,Janmejaya Sinha
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118651766

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Own the Future by Michael S. Deimler,Richard Lesser,David Rhodes,Janmejaya Sinha Pdf

The world faces social, political, and economic turmoil on an unprecedented scale—along with unsettling levels of turbulence and volatility. Market leadership today is less of a predictor of leadership tomorrow. Therefore, senior executives today must strive to own the future. In Own the Future, The Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s most prestigious and innovative management consulting firms, offers a roadmap. Drawing on the firm’s experience advising organizations on how to achieve and sustain competitive advantage, this book offers 50 ideas to help readers chart their organization’s path to future leadership. The articles are organized along ten attributes critical to success in the current environment—adaptive, global, connected, sustainable, customer-first, fit to win, value-driven, trusted, bold, and inspiring. The future may be unknowable, but The Boston Consulting Group offers insights from its 50 years of practice on how readers can position their organization to win—to change the game and to own the future.

Author : Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470745939

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Essential Tools for Management Consulting by Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn Pdf

The second book in the Essential Tools For series… on the topic of Management Consulting Based on Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn's successful The Essential Management Toolbox, this book focuses in greater depth on the topic of Management Consulting. This second book looks at how a management consultant needs to think, view and analyse the workings of an existing organisation in order to efficiently and effectively work to improve the issues facing a business. Check out the new series website featuring sample chapters, tool of the month and solve your management problems by talking direct to the author www.essentialtoolsseries.com Second title in a new series that expands on the information in Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn’s The Essential Toolbox This volume includes 30% new material in the form of new tools and techniques for guiding consultants Covers: Development of Management Consultancy; Problem resolution and Decision Making; Top 10 Tools for Consultancy Interventions; Consultancy delivery and Facilitation; Consultancy Governance and Ethics Active author, Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn speaks regularly Easy to use practical tools and techniques guiding the consultant and business person through their organisational conflicts About the Author: Simon Burtonshaw-Gunn is a practising management consultant with over 30 years experience in both the public and private sectors and covering a range of organizations and industries. He holds two Master's degrees and a PhD in various Strategic Management topics. This second book includes a forward by Malik Salameh.

Author : Fiona Czerniawska
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470059265

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The Trusted Firm by Fiona Czerniawska Pdf

The consulting industry has been on a roller-coaster ride since the heady days of the 1990s. After a recession triggered by the dotcom crash, it's now growing rapidly again--but in a market that has changed beyond all recognition. Fees are down, buying is centralized and many clients are ex-consultants who know all the tricks of the trade. It's a hostile environment in which great personal qualities are no longer enough--consultants need trusted firms behind them, helping them deliver results. This unique journey through the new consulting terrain looks at how leading consulting firms worldwide create a platform for success: what values they need; who they recruit and what recruitment processes work best; how they keep their finger on the pulse of the market; how they match the right people to particular jobs. "This book is essential for both client and consultant to understand the pitfalls to avoid and the conditions neccessary for successin todays' complex, multi faceted project environment." -- Peter Hill, Chief Executive, Management Consultancies Association "The Trusted Firm presents a compelling blueprint for the consulting firm of the future. From concepts to tactics, this book shows firm leaders why and how to rethink their businesses to earn client trustthe ultimate market differentiator." --Michael W. McLaughlin, Editor, Management Consulting News and author of Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants "Fiona, astute observer, commentator of the management field, provides insight and clarity to the chaos of rapid changes in our clients' evolving demands and how our firms can most effectively respond to them. A must-read for understanding data on contemporary client demands; a valuable contribution to our field. Czerniawska explicates the dynamics of the three-pronged relationship between the client, the consultant and the firm. She explains why each aspect of this tri-partite relationship is equally significant in the successful engagement." --Elizabeth Ann Kovacs, President & CEO, Association of Management Consulting Firms

Author : Barry Curnow,Jonathan Reuvid
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749446994

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International Guide to Management Consultancy by Barry Curnow,Jonathan Reuvid Pdf

Now in its second edition, this unique and authoritative guide provides a description of the management consultancy profession worldwide, together with advice on how to choose and use its services effectively. With contributions from leading practitioners, the guide is essential reading for all purchasers of management consultancy services. Part One identifies the parameters and definitions of management consultancy. It presents overviews of the industry's origins and evolution, the present status of the leading multinational management consultancies and some of the global forces shaping the development of management consultancy. Part Two is devoted to ethics and best practice in management consultancy from a number of perspectives. Central to these discussions is the international development of the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) qualification. Part Three scrutinises the life of the client-consultant relationship, focusing on what clients can do to make the consultant's role effective and their working relationship productive. Part Four comprises snapshots by leading practitioners of thirteen key consultancy fields, ranging from strategy and marketing through change management and process re-engineering to the newer disciplines of information and knowledge management, m-commerce, ERP and e-business. Part Five consists of a general account of consulting in developing countries, followed by profiles of 26 country-by-country management consultancy markets.

Author : Richard Newton
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0273730878

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The Management Consultant by Richard Newton Pdf

Guide for professional management consultants showing how to develop skills and attributes for client-centric consulting.

Author : Larry E. Greiner,Lawrence A. Bennigson,Flemming Poulfelt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business consultants
ISBN : 0324290411

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The Contemporary Consultant by Larry E. Greiner,Lawrence A. Bennigson,Flemming Poulfelt Pdf

This book provides a thorough examination of a variety of specialties within the broad range of management consulting. A book of such scope and depth could only be written by a large number of experts. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in one of the many specialties related to management consulting. Together, all 27 contributors take the reader through an industry that is currently undergoing significant change. While covering all the major practice areas of consulting, the book also offers new insights into change processes and addresses compelling management issues now facing consulting firms. Every practicing consultant and firm needs this book's broad perspective and its treatment of specific areas of content in order to prepare them for a successful future in a highly competitive business environment. Presently, there is no book on the market that takes such an advanced look at both the complexity and multiple aspects of consulting. Ideas presented by the many consulting experts are thoughtful and provocative. Their sage advice on future developments in the field is not to be missed.

Author : Ann K. Brooks,Kathy Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136519680

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Consulting in Uncertainty by Ann K. Brooks,Kathy Edwards Pdf

The traditional model of consulting places an emphasis on diagnosing a problem and finding a cure. But in today’s business world of globalized organizations, rapid knowledge proliferation, and the intertwining of economies, that approach is becoming less and less viable; problems are quickly redefined, new knowledge (and ownership of that knowledge) is constantly surfacing and being challenged, and no solution is a permanent solution. Consulting in Uncertainty articulates a model of consulting that addresses the uncertainty and interconnectedness of the world in a post-industrial, knowledge era. Emphasizing outcomes and inquiry over ‘diagnosis’, Brooks and Edwards outline this new consulting model, as well as the skills consultants must bring to the table in any uncertain and dynamic environment. Integrating practical knowledge with scholarship, this book covers skills such as: Relational skills and the consulting relationship Cultural awareness and related skills Contextual analysis Facilitating inquiry Collecting and efficiently analyzing data or information Consultants and students of consulting, as well as managers, teachers, counselors, and even parents, will find this book enlightening and useful in navigating today’s uncertain world.