num_pages: 192
description: Some 85 per cent of consulting efforts are said to fail to produce the intended, and promised, results. This guide seeks to provide the tools and skills a manager needs when employing consultants. It discusses how decide - in advance - on what type of consultant can best serve the company's interests; establish a clear criteria against which prospective consultants can be evaluated; conduct selection interviews in a manner that maximizes the chance that selected consultants meet their agreed contractual obligations; and manage selected consultants effectively to ensure that they deliver what is intended and expected.
language: English
title: An Executive Guide to Employing Consultants
titlecomplete: An Executive Guide to Employing Consultants
publisher: Gower Pub Co