Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9221095193 ISBN 13: 9789221095194

Publisher: International Labor Office, 2003

Synopsis

Widely recognized as a key reference work on the practice of consulting, this guide offers an extensive introduction to professional consulting, its nature, methods, organizational principles, behavioral rules, and training and development practices. Today's information- and knowledge-based economy is constantly creating new opportunities and challenges for consultants. This new edition of Management Consulting actively reflects and confronts these developments and changes. New topics covered in this edition include: e-business consulting consulting in knowledge management total quality management corporate governance social role and responsibility of business company transformation and renewal public administration This book serves as a useful and inspiring tool for individuals and organizations wishing to improve their consulting activities. Praise for the previous edition: "A wealth of information about the nature and purpose of management consulting, consulting in various areas and the management of a consulting firm. It should help practitioners, entrants to the profession and business people wishing to use consultants more effectively." —Financial Times

About this title

About the Author:

Milan Kubr works with the International Labor Office.

Review:

"...Kubr's book is a great starting point to understanding the state of the industry and how it's evolving." -- Wayne Cooper, Publisher of Management Consulting International and Consultants News, and CEO of Kennedy Information, 2002

"...an indispensable tool...a pragmatic guide which will become the handbook of our time." -- Patrick J. McKenna, management consultant and co-author of First Among Equals: How to manage a group of professionals, 2002

"...this book's grasp of the subject matter, breadth of coverage, simplicity of treatment, and accessibility is unsurpassed." -- Gerald A. Simon, CMC, FIMC, Chairman of the Editorial Board, C2M Consulting to Management, 2002

"...will contribute to building up the core competence in consulting services..." -- Yuji Yamada, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, Asian Productivity Organization, 2002

"The most comprehensive capture of the body of knowledge of management consulting." -- E. Michael Shays, CMC, FIMC, Executive Director, International Council of Management Consulting Institutes, and Chairman, Institute of Management Consultants, United States, 2002

About this edition

• Publisher: International Labor Office
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 9221095193
• ISBN 13: 9789221095194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 904
• Editor: Kubr Milan