Introduction to Business Consulting

Introduction to Business Consulting provides readers with an informative overview of business consulting. The text describes how consultants develop interventions to help clients achieve goals the characteristics of a successful consultant consultants'' career options key concepts within the profession and much more.The book is organized into 14 chapters each covering a unique aspect of business consulting. The opening chapters discuss the various career paths for a consultant how to effectively communicate with a client and determine their needs and the consideration of stakeholders in intervention development and implementation. Next readers learn how to define the problem develop a letter of agreement manage a consulting project develop and test a hypothesis and create a consulting report. Additional chapters explore starting a consultancy business and building trust with clients to ensure consistent repeat business. Finally the closing chapter provides readers with consulting tools techniques and frameworkstroduction to Business Consulting is an exceptional resource for courses and programs in business as well as for in-the-field consultants.