Business Consulting: A Guide to How It Works and How to Make It Work

by Gilbert Toppin and Fiona Czerniawska

Book Overview

In the last three decades of the 20th century the management consultancy industry grew at a cracking pace but increased scepticism about the value that consultants genuinely add, combined with the economic slowdown, has made life much tougher for the consulting industry. As firms have cut back on consulting services and begun to review the way they use consultants, consulting firms themselves are looking at how they need to change. People are now...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861977026
• ISBN13: 9781861977021
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Bloomberg Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent on describing the post-2000 world of consulting

I have taught Strategic Consulting to MBAs since 1998. I agree completely with the other review but regret that some people may fail to buy the book because the reviewer only gave it three stars. Some of the authors' strategic frameworks are less than compelling. They do an excellent job,however, of describing the dramatic changes in the practice of consulting since the tech crash of 2000-01. The book provides value to clients as well as current and prospective consultants.