Consulting and Management Excellence: Tools and Applications for Today

Catalog description

Foundation consulting course provides an appreciation of what it is to be a management consultant and understand the client engagement problems and behaviors that are likely faced. As such, an appreciation for the total firm perspective and the various roles that management consultants play is fundamental. By its nature, management consulting focuses on understanding the value increment that is being sought by the engaging client for their organization, understanding the nominated 'problem' within its organizational context, as well as uncovering the problem specifications and engagement's deeper implementation implications. Introduces the world of consulting through several means. Students complete a live consulting engagement; have a series of lectures on topics key to being an effective management consultant; complete various in-class exercises that have been selected to promote self-awareness or consider situations typical of consulting situations; read, watch, review and discuss selected materials on a weekly basis; hear from speakers with first-hand knowledge of aspects of consulting.