文档介绍：“Strategic management consulting – the . Kearney perspective”
Warsaw, May 28, 2001
Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Zarządzania im. Leona Koźmińskiego w Warszawie
Presentation
an pany
Agenda
Overview of management consulting
. Kearney as a strategic management consulting firm
Consultant’s role in . Kearney
The future of management consulting
Overview of management consulting
Today, one is confronted with a variety of consultants . . . .
Tax “consultants”
Hair “consultants”
Image “consultants”
Color “consultants”
Catering “consultants”
What then, is “management consulting?
Overview of management consulting
One definition . . . .
Management consulting = assisting management in facilitating change to gain and petitive advantage
Overview of management consulting
Companies engage management consultants for several reasons — some good, some not so good
Some reasons panies hire consultants
pany does not have the necessary skills internally - Good reason
pany has never confronted this situation before - Good reason
Management needs fresh ideas and a new perspective - Good reason
Management wants the consultant to confirm its ideas - Not-so-good reason
Everyone in pany is too busy - Not-so-good reason
Management needs a “tie breaker”- Not-so-good reason
Overview of management consulting
Why does management consulting seem to be growing in importance?
The nature of business is changing so rapidly panies
Cannot provide for every eventuality in anizational structure
Find it difficult to maintain permanent staff panies need “tailored” solutions to petitive in an increasingly global marketplace
The high cost of what management consulting provides can only be justified panies on an outsourced, as needed basis
Overview of management consulting
Why does there continue to be a demand for management consulting?
panies do not know how to
Analyze „themselves” in an objective way when business situations change significantly
Operate in a temporary, pr