Management Consultancy

by O'Mahoney, Joe

• ISBN13: 9780199577187
• ISBN10: 0199577188
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Management Consultancyprovides a comprehensive introduction to the consulting industry, presenting a theoretical underpinning and outlining how to carry out management consultancy, as well as providing guidance on entering the industry. This insightful text equips students with the information and skills necessary to become a successful management consultant and enables them to gain a greater understanding of how the industry works, as well as the nature of the job itself. Students are encouraged to discuss and debate issues in order to develop critical analysis skills, and the inclusion of practitioner insights throughout the text ensures that there are ample opportunities for understanding how the theory may or may not transfer through to practice. The book is accompanied by an online resource centre providing additional resources for both students and lecturers.

Author Biography

Joe O'Mahoney is Lecturer in Organization Studies at Cardiff University Business School. Prior to this he was Lecturer in Organization and Technology at Lancaster University. Joe has held a number of positions in industry including the role of Senior Business Consultant at 3G Mobile where he was involved with the start up of the company. Joe was also Director and Co-founder of Stay Mobile, Technology Ltd, a company that develops and leases a product for recharging mobile phones in public places. Joe's areas of expertise are change management and consultancy, including innovation and entrepreneurship, cultural change, new product development, and systems design.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
SECTION 1 STUDYING MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
2. The Consulting Industry
3. Types of Management Consulting
SECTION 2 DOING MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
4. Clients
5. Typical Clients and Interventions
6. Consulting Work
7. Consulting Tools, Skills and Techniques
8. Running a Management Consultancy
SECTION 3 CRITICAL CONSULTING
9. Critical Themes in Management Consultancy
10. The Ethics of Consultancy
SECTION 4 CAREERS IN CONSULTING
11. Getting In, Getting On, Getting Out
12. Case Interview Practice