Case #92 Macmillan and Grunski Consulting Discounted Cash Flow Analysis Summary of Case The case starts off with introducing Sandra Macmillan‚ a bachelor’s degree holder in Economics who worked for Peace Corps. She was offered a job in a regional brokerage firm in Seattle and became very familiar to the work environment and operations of the firm. She also decided to get her MBA from a prestigious university to help her take her job to the next level. After a few years‚ Sandra decided
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the transcript of an interview conducted by Anna Kelly with IT consultant Jeff Summers and receptionist/bookkeeper Kathy Gray of Coastline Systems Consulting. The goal of this interview was to obtain sample forms and to ask questions about them to discover data entities of the system. Exhibit 1.1 Scene: The meeting room at Coastline Systems Consulting. Anna Kelly scheduled the interview to obtain instructions and sample forms for designing the data structure for the customer response system.
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Consulting approaches to process improvement Bain & Co. Kai A. Simon Viktoria Institute Author’s Note: This is a part of an early draft of my doctoral dissertation that was shortened considerably for the final version. Nevertheless‚ it might be a useful collection of insight for organizations that face a need for redesigning their business processes and wish to learn more about the basic concept and how some major consulting firms approach it methodologically. The series consists of 7 parts
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"There are two things you must do in Beijing: eat Beijing Roast Duck and see the Great Wall” (Wu). China has many world famous dishes‚ fried rice‚ chow mein‚ and dumplings are a couple of examples. In America we have many Chinese restaurants‚ but they are not very authentic. The Americanized Chinese food is missing a lot of key ingredients and serving methods that the authentic Chinese restaurants have. Authentic Chinese food has many elements that goes into having the perfect taste and presentation
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CONSULTING PROJECT Pricing and Production Decisions at PoolVac‚ Inc. PoolVac‚ Inc. manufactures and sells a single product called the “Sting Ray‚” which is a patent-protected automatic cleaning device for swimming pools. PoolVac’s Sting Ray accounts for 65 percent of total industry sales of automatic pool cleaners. Its closest competitor‚ Howard Industries‚ sells a competing pool cleaner that has captured about 18 percent of the market. Six other very small firms share the rest of the industry’s
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in Ukraine does not have numerous‚ strong‚ or aggressive competitors in the kids‚ tweens and teens niche. Actually‚ KMC could be considered a pioneer in this niche and as all pioneers company had enjoyed solid growth and profitability and developed a strong customer base. However due to rising competition‚ company has to shift towards protecting its niche. Competition does not seem to have high stakes in staying in the segment (major leaders are large international company’s belonging to global
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The Boston Consulting Group: An Analysis In 1963 Bruce Henderson billed a total of $500 for his first month ’s work at the Boston Consulting Group. Little did he know that over the next 40 years‚ his company of 1 employee in Boston would grow to more than 2‚600 employees throughout 37 countries‚ together‚ generating over $1 billion a year in profit. Today‚ with 60 offices worldwide‚ the company is prospering beyond Henderson ’s wildest dreams. I selected this firm after seeing their list of
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MBA 2014 Assessment of HR Practices in Consulting Industry SUBMITTED BY : Divij Sharma(12BM60046) Ashwini Kr. Rao(12BM60047) Dev Maletia(12BM60060) Abhitosh Daw(12BM60078) Koyel Dutta(12BM60080) INDEX Topic 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Introduction Why Consulting Job Analysis and design Performance appraisal Job Evaluation Orientation & placement Recruitment Selection Summary Page 3 6 7 10 14 21 27 31 33 Headway into the world of Consulting: Introduction: The word Consultant comes
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we could find relevant figures on (mainly from Konsultguiden.se‚ a trusted source in the industry and‚ for example‚ utilized by Bäcklund[2003] in his dissertation). Boston Consulting Group‚ Celerant‚ and Capgemini are excluded in the above analysis since relevant figures were not attainable and/or disclosed for those companies. The sample should however be big enough and cover enough of the total market to be relevant and valid for an analysis and subsequent assessments and recommendations to be
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Boston Consulting Group Matrix The Boston Consulting Group Matrix is designed specifically to enhance a multidivisional firm’s efforts to formulate strategies. The Boston Consulting Group is a private management consulting firm based in Boston that employs about 4‚300 consultants worldwide. The Boston Consulting Group Matrix or BCG Matrix graphically portrays differences among divisions in terms of relative market share position and industry growth rate. The major benefits of The Boston Consulting
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