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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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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CONSULTING ON THE CUSP OF DISRUPTION 1 by: VIPUL TANDON(WMP6126)|RAHUL BHANSALI(WMP08076)| RAHUL UPADHYAY(WMP08078) “The industry that has long helped others sidestep strategic threats is itself being upended” * The article discusses about the potential disruption in consulting domain. * Disruption is a theory which shows‚ “what causes what to happen‚ when and why”. * The Challenge: The forces that disrupted Steel‚ Publishing‚ etc. industries have started reshaping consulting
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for this course. Student ’s Signature: ***************************************************************** Instructor ’s Grade on Assignment: Instructor ’s Comments: Strategic HR‚ Inc. Strategic HR‚ Inc. is a national consulting firm base din Cincinnati‚ Ohio. Strategic HR‚ Inc. serves a variety of organizations in all types of industries. The organization is known for strategically customizing services to meet each individual ’s needs and work extensively on the client
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Consulting Cover Letter by Victor Cheng As a former McKinsey resume screener‚ I’ve read a lot of consulting cover letters for consulting roles of all types. Most applicants severely under-estimate the importance of the cover letter and end up paying more attention to the consulting resume/CV than they do the cover letter. I would argue the effort allocation should be reversed — much more time put into the cover letter than the resume or CV. Here’s why. Without a good cover letter it
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APC Nutrition 12 8 Profitability McKinsey & Co Mini-Bar 14 9 Profitability McKinsey & Co Vitamin Universe 16 10 New Product The Boston Consulting Group Bagging Co. (Popcorn) 18 Do not reproduce‚ store or distribute without written permission from the Graduate Consulting Group at McCombs School of Business 2 Case 1: Engineering and Construction Company Company: Booz & Co. A large engineering‚ procurement‚ and construction company has seen
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THE CONSULTING BIBLE How to conquer any consulting interview from fit questions to case studies Second edition Copyright 2009 Management Consulted. All Rights Reserved. Notice of Rights No part of this book and its contents may be reproduced‚ modified‚ or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ or otherwise‚ without the prior written permission of the publisher (“Management Consulted”). Management Consulted www.managementconsulted.com 2 Table of
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History of HR Consulting and How Organizations Apply the Discipline Human resource (HR) consulting is needed for a variety of reasons within organizations. Human resource consultants can be internal or external. Internal HR consulting is a fairly new concept and has become popular in recent history. Internal HR consultants develop and implement tools and streamline processes that attract and retain quality resources (Editorial Board‚ 2011). External human resource consultants date back as early
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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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CONTENTS Error! No text of specified style in document. February 2014 IBISWorld Industry Report 7433 Management Consulting in China Management Consulting in China February 2014 About This Industry ................................. 2 Industry Definition ........................................ 2 Main Activities ............................................. 2 Similar Industries ......................................... 2 Additional Resources ................................... 3 Industry Performance
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