new self-employed market Defining consulting Working for a consulting firm Case studies Checklist Scorecard viii 1 3 3 3 4 5 6 9 11 13 13 Chapter 2 ^ Evaluating your ¢t Game plan Being realistic about consulting Advantages and disadvantages of consulting Characteristics of successful consultants Consulting and the four temperaments So do people enjoy being self-employed? Checklist Scorecard 14 14 14 15 17 26 33 34 35 Chapter 3 ^ What type of consulting business are you running? Game
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CASE STUDY THE GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FIRM ACCENTURE BRINGS EMPLOYEES FACE TO FACE A team of Filipino IT professionals is responsible for creating Accenture’s own social networking tool that allows collaboration among the company’s workers worldwide. Aptly called Accenture People‚ it resembles popular social networking sites‚ much like Facebook‚ and allows employees to create their own profiles. But more than a listing of hobbies and other personal interests‚ these profiles provide a glimpse
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International Foods Division (IFD) of capital Food Limited wants to complete review of its Marketing programs and three members change committee has been named to assess the markets for special recipe canned soups in Canada. As per decision of IFD to obtain consulting assistance‚ request for qualification were sent to 20 pre-selected consultant and 15 responded. CANDO Management is one of three firms IFD asked to submit complete proposals‚ including specific qualification statements. Contents of CANDO Proposal
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Complex Change: Presentation 20 May 2005 Harry Truman once said “You issue orders from this office and if you can find out what happens to them after that‚ you’re a better man than I am!” He was talking about the Oval Office rather than the office of the CEO‚ but the analogy holds. Looking at many change projects‚ senior executives often behave as though they believe that life is as straightforward as issuing orders and watching as the world obeys. If that were true‚ the world would be a simpler
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about what’s hot and happening in the consulting world‚ engage them in engrossing case studies and contribute to their consulting knowledge base. The last month marked a great success of Conflux‚ the November 2012 edition. It was an intra college case study challenge. We are delighted by the overwhelming participation from both junior and senior batches. We look forward to organizing such events in future as well. As you might have noticed‚ the consulting club now has a page in Facebook. Through
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the 2008 outsourcing report Making an informed decision BEST Audit Tax Consulting Financial Advisory . . . . For Five Years Running Outsourcing is generally recognised as a strategy for producing cost savings‚ however‚ by simply following a traditional cost-focused approach‚ companies may be missing opportunities to gain further competitive advantage. Why Settle For Less? Deloitte Consulting 2008 Outsourcing Report is a global survey report that addresses this issue. The
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employees in companies. Others work for organizations large and small: one well-known firm‚ for example‚ is McKinsey‚ which describes itself as ‘a management consulting firm advising leading companies on issues of strategy‚ organization‚ technology and operations’. The big four accountancy firms (Deloitte‚ Ernst & Young‚ KPMG and PwC) also offer consulting services‚ and an issue for them has been the way that ownership (where they verify the accuracy and completeness of company accounts) has been sold alongside
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DIAGNOSES presents analyses of the management case by academicians and practitioners Infosys Technologies Ltd.: Growing Share of a Customer’s Business James A Narus and D V R Seshadri Case Analysis I Janaki Anant Principal Solution Architect i-flex solutions Ltd e-mail: janaki.anant@iflexsolutions.com T The April-June‚ 32(2)‚ 2007 issue of Vikalpa had published a Management Case titled “Infosys Technologies Ltd.: Growing Share of a Customer’s Business‚” by James A Narus
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Integrative Negotiation Andrea Stevenson Grantham University BA303: Business Negotiations Marcus Ellison Carnevale presents eight completely different ways for achieving integrative agreements within the Circumplex‚ which I tend to discuss in the following. Solutions move from easier‚ distributive agreements to additional advanced and comprehensive‚ integrative ones‚ and there are many methods to finding joint gain. I will be illustrated all the methods by example of Alex and John‚ the
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environments reshaped the nature of management consulting. It was during this period that ICT took center stage for global management consulting firms. The market is now more competitive with consumers having greater choices. With the advent of the internet technology work in the foreign countries is more available and accessible because the domestic laws are not as rigorous as they once were‚ thus assisting in the global nature of the business and allowing new consulting firms to establish a presence in countries
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