Management Consultancy provides a comprehensive introduction to the
consulting industry, presenting a theoretical underpinning and outlining how to carry out
management consultancy, as well as providing guidance on entering the industry.
This insightful text equips students with the information and skills necessary to
become a successful management consultant and enables them to gain a greater understanding
of how the industry works, as well as the nature of the job itself. Students are
encouraged to discuss and debate issues in order to develop critical analysis skills, and
the inclusion of practitioner insights throughout the text ensures that there are ample
opportunities for understanding how the theory may or may not transfer through to
practice.
The book is accompanied by an online resource centre providing additional resources for
both students and lecturers.
Joe O'Mahoney is Lecturer in Organization Studies at Cardiff University Business
School. Prior to this he was Lecturer in Organization and Technology at Lancaster
University. Joe has held a number of positions in industry including the role of Senior
Business Consultant at 3G Mobile where he was involved with the start up of the company.
Joe was also Director and Co-founder of Stay Mobile, Technology Ltd, a company that
develops and leases a product for recharging mobile phones in public places. Joe's areas
of expertise are change management and consultancy, including innovation and
entrepreneurship, cultural change, new product development, and systems design.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
SECTION 1 STUDYING MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
2. The Consulting Industry
3. Types of Management Consulting
SECTION 2 DOING MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
4. Clients
5. Typical Clients and Interventions
6. Consulting Work
7. Consulting Tools, Skills and Techniques
8. Running a Management Consultancy
SECTION 3 CRITICAL CONSULTING
9. Critical Themes in Management Consultancy
10. The Ethics of Consultancy
SECTION 4 CAREERS IN CONSULTING
11. Getting In, Getting On, Getting Out
12. Case Interview Practice
352 pages, Hardcover