Management Consultancy

<p>What is management consultancy? How has it developed? How does it affect businesses? This book answers these questions and introduces the field for those looking to develop a career as a management consultant.</p><p>Providing a thorough introduction to management consultancy, Morgen Witzel covers the topic from a range of perspectives including the field's historical development, the client's perspective, business analysis, return on investment, consulting failures, ethics and accountability and the growing importance of sustainability.</p><p>With exercises and case studies throughout, this practical textbook provides students with a rounded and critical understanding of what it means to be a management consultant and in so doing, will help readers emerge as employable management consultants of the future.</p> <p>1. Introduction <strong>Part I: What Consultancy Is</strong> 2. What is Management Consultancy? 3. From Company Doctors to Strategic Partners 4. The Roles of the Consultant 5. The Client <strong>Part II: What Consultants Do</strong> 6. Analysis 7. Problem Solving and Capacity Building 8. Impact 9. Failure and Recovery<strong> Part III: Issues in Management Consultancy</strong> 10. Ethics in Management Consultancy 11. Consultancy and Sustainability 12. A Career in Consultancy</p>