Management Consulting: Delivering an Effective Project (3rd Edition)
How do the consulting process and the consulting industry work?What skills does a successful management consultant need to develop?How does the experience on a work placement programme or in-company project compare with the work of a consultant?Addressing these questions and many others,Management Consultingis written for students taking dedicated management consulting modules and work placement programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It is well suited to students of business as well as scientific and creative disciplines who undertake a work-based project during the course of their academic study.Key features include:A comprehensive introduction to practice and process in consultancyExamples across a wide range of industries including art, media and design, computing, engineeringHelp in choosing and developing a career in consultancyAccess to recent academic research with extensive references and further readingNew to this edition!This third edition has been significantly revised, adding to the tools and techniques required of the discipline to make the book practical as well as intellectually rigorous. It also includes:Two new chapters on consulting across cultures; and contracting, influence and team leadershipFocus on key topics: evaluating capabilities and opportunities; the selling process of consulting; and consulting as a graduate career optionNew case exercises to put tools and techniques into practiceA long case study running throughout the bookAbout the authorsPhilip Wickhamis Research Officer at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.  He is also the author of two other Financial Times Prentice Hall textbooks:Strategic Entrepreneurship(4th edition, 2006) and theFT Corporate Strategy Casebook(2000).Louise Wickhamis the Director of Wickham Consulting Services Ltd and a practising consultant specialising in strategy and marketing. She has over 20 years business experience, both within companies and as a consultant, working for a wide range of consumer-facing businesses.