Business Consulting: A Guide to How It Works and How to Make It Work (The Economist) - Hardcover

Toppin, Gilbert; Czerniawska, Fiona

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861977026 ISBN 13: 9781861977021

Publisher: Bloomberg Press, 2005

Synopsis

The ultimate guide for those using or planning to use business consultants - and for consultants themselves In the last three decades of the 20th century the management consultancy industry grew at a cracking pace but increased scepticism about the value that consultants genuinely add, combined with the economic slowdown, has made life much tougher for the consulting industry.

As firms have cut back on consulting services and begun to review the way they use consultants, consulting firms themselves are looking at how they need to change. People are now talking about business consulting rather than management consulting.

Using real examples from a range of private sector firms, public sector organisations and from the consultants themselves, this book explores the new business consulting world and looks at every element of it with the aim of both helping firms make better use of consultants and showing consultants how they need to adapt and provide their clients a better service.

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Review

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the consulting industry. (Supply Management)

Synopsis

In the last three decades of the 20th century the management consultancy industry grew at a cracking pace but increased scepticism about the value that consultants genuinely add, combined with the economic slowdown, has made life much tougher for the consulting industry. As firms have cut back on consulting services and begun to review the way they use consultants, consulting firms themselves are looking at how they need to change. People are now talking about business consulting rather than management consulting. Using real examples from a range of private sector firms, public sector organisations and from the consultants themselves, this book explores the new business consulting world and looks at every element of it with the aim of both helping firms make better use of consultants and showing consultants how they need to adapt and provide their clients a better service.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomberg Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1861977026
• ISBN 13: 9781861977021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264