Management Consulting: Perspectives from Client Engagements

Catalog description

In this course, executive students build management consulting skills through a combination of theory and experiential learning. The students first consider the nature and purpose of management consulting; the range and scope of consulting services; the consultant-client relationship; organizational change and culture; and professionalism and ethics in consulting. They then take on a real team consulting engagement for a client organization. They apply theories and models from various fields of business to identify and propose solutions to the client’s problem, with a view to creating economic value and societal well-being. In this experience, students are challenged to put into practice essential consulting and business management skills, including analysis, leadership, teamwork, and professional communication, both oral and written.