"Management Consulting" Essays and Research Papers

Accenture has been its timing. "Accenture started life as the consulting arm of accounting firm Arthur Anderson…In 1989, Anderson Consulting separated from Arthur Anderson in order to position itself against its IT services competitors" (Keller & Kotler, 1994/2006, 366). Accenture was able to take advantage of its large parent company and use its massive support to concentrate on becoming an efficient and popular name in the consulting market. Leaving Arthur Anderson before the corruption with Enron...

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San Francisco Bay Consulting (SF Bay Consulting), as described in the Harvard Business School case by Baker and Monsler (1995), is a leading business consultancy and litigation support group following the goal of providing “practical application of economic theory to business problems” (p. 1). In order to manipulate and analyze data, high-end software and computers are used to serve clients’ needs. The company faces serious internal problems regarding the relationship between their consultants and...

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to find a method for the consultants to structure their advice and consulting reports. Nowadays every McKinsey Consultant is trained to learn and apply this method and it is also used by many other consulting companies worldwide. Consulting Methodology made the Minto Pyramid Principle an essential part of the Issue Based Consulting training program. Together with some other techniques Issue Based Consulting is the ultimate consulting toolkit. This white paper explains briefly what the Pyramid Principle...

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one week into the case, the circumstances were very unfavorable. Already a matrix of problems is installed and Kassam arrived to an unwelcoming ground. Problems started with the expectations and deception of the client’s management team and do not end with how his own management team is handling the situation. Basically the client was promised an experienced team of consultants, and instead received younger less experienced ones. That made them disgruntled and consequently built tremendous pressure...

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Expression of Interest (EOI) Consulting Firms Project Number Project Name Project Country I. Consulting Firm Information CMS NumberCountry of IncorporationConsultant NameAcronym Associations (Joint Venture or Subconsultancy) CMS NumberConsultantAcronymCountryJoint VentureEOI Submission Authorized ByPosition Present the rationale for and benefits of working in association with others rather than undertaking the assignment independently (as appropriate). Describe the proposed management and coordination approach...

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recruitm ent, m ost of the people have laid too m uch concentration on their stereo-type assessm ent for em ploym ents, salary and w elfare for instance. H ow ever, w ith a substantial goal to be a problem solver, I’ll explicate w hy and how the consulting career hits m e and presu m ably, you w ill speak highly of m y characteristic as a head -scratcher issue tackler. When searching inform ation on the Bain w ebsite, I’m intrigued prim arily by couples of d iversified facts, am ong w hich the “Everything...

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Management consulting - To the brainy, the spoils As the world grows more confusing, demand for clever consultants is booming May 11th 2013 | NEW YORK |From the print edition ELITE management consultancies shun the spotlight. They hardly advertise: everyone who might hire them already knows their names. The Manhattan office that houses McKinsey & Company does not trumpet the fact in its lobby. At Bain & Company’s recent partner meeting at a Maryland hotel, signs and name-tags carried a discreet...

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organizational objectives and strategy by bringing business solutions to customers, standing abreast of new technology and new concept; Chesapeake IT Consulting (CIC) tremendously grew and led to opening various satellite offices throughout Maryland. CIC has been successful Information Technology consulting services firm by providing IT and management methodologies to different businesses, organizations, and State/Federal government agencies. To give existing clients a wide variety IT related services...

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Background Primus is a consulting firm that focuses on process reengineering and quality improvement initiatives. Northwood Industries, a potential client, has asked Primus to perform a study at a fee rate lower than the normal standards. Historically Primus has billed clients for consulting time at standard flat rates plus actual travel costs and estimated overhead. Primus is considering accepting the job because it has capacity (i.e. available staff) to take on the new contract with out having...

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1. For many years, strategy and environment of Arthur Andersen changed especially with regards to the materials.  The management of Andersen’s businesses reacted to the changing environment by making the related changes to the organizational architectures such as performance evaluation, decision right and reward systems. In the book, it is revealed that poorly designed organizations architecture in response to the changing environment in term of material can result into company’s underperformance...

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