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An Introduction to Management Consultancy Hardcover – 24 December 2013

by Marc G. Baaij (Author)
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‘I have never seen such a book about management consulting before: this sets a new standard. This book is extremely thorough and addresses all of the relevant topics.’ - Sander van 't Noordende, Group Chief Executive Products Operating Group, Accenture

Whether you are looking to build on your management studies or experience of working in business, you are likely to have come across management consultancy and will need a clear and concise introduction to this area to help you understand its practices and techniques in order to hire and implement management consultancy in the future. This text provides you with these essentials for success in your studies and later industries when working with and not just for consultancy firms.

The text is built around learning objectives to empower your understanding of the 'what', 'how', 'when' and 'why' at macro and micro levels of management consultancy and its stakeholders, and provides you with engaging real life examples and extra web materials for study.

As well as full courses on management consultancy, this text will be invaluable to your management knowledge and skill-set across strategy, change, analytics, problem-solving, solution implementation and decision-making as applied by the world's top management consulting firms, such as McKinsey & Company, The Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Company.


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  • Lecturer’s guide
  • Teaching notes per chapter
  • Answer guidance to end-of-chapter questions in book
  • Suggested discussion questions
  • Suggested small group assignments
  • Suggested small group field project
  • Lecture slides
  • Option 1: provide all figures of the book on PowerPoint slides
  • Option 2: create complete PowerPoint presentations for each chapter
  • Exercises
  • Exam questions
  • Discussion forum

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  • Web resources
  • Consultancy publications
  • Consultancy web site, career page
  • Job application preparation services
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  1. ISBN-10
    144625612X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1446256121
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Sage Publications Ltd
  5. Publication date
    24 December 2013
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    19.05 x 4.45 x 23.5 cm
  8. Print length
    600 pages
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′This book provides a crystal clear, strategic and up to date view of consulting that combines research and practice. It will be of equal value to consultants, their clients and anyone studying the industry or management innovation, at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It will be a leader in its field′

-- Professor Andrew Sturdy Published On: 2013-10-21

′An informative source that should be considered must reading for anyone interested in a thoughtful, easy to follow overview of the management consulting industry, from the normative pull of a true "helping" profession to the critical depiction of management consultants as little more than masters of rhetoric skilled at organizational sorcery. The volume contains myriad insights into consultancy’s micro- and macro-level dynamics, from individual consultants and their roles, responsibilities and expectations, to the competitive realities of consultancies and the knowledge management challenges of our post-industrial age, to the nature and nuances of consulting projects. The book is equally valuable for those interested in entering the consulting industry as well as managers who will be working with consultants.′

-- Anthony F. Buono

In this book, Baaij effectively captures the breadth of the field, from the normative pull of a true "helping" role to the critical depiction of management consultants as little more than masters of rhetoric skilled at organizational sorcery. The volume contains myriad insights into consultancy’s micro- and macro-level dynamics, from individual consultants and their roles, responsibilities and expectations, to the competitive realities of consultancies and the knowledge management challenges of our post-industrial age, to the nature and nuances of consulting projects. The book will be equally valuable for those interested in entering the consulting industry as well as new managers for whom working with consultants is a novel experience. Baaij is to be commended for providing sufficient insight into the dynamics underlying management consulting that readers will come away with a much richer understanding of this complex, ambiguous domain. -- Anthony F. Buono, Bentley University

About the Author

Marc Baaij is an associate professor of strategic management at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Previously he worked for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as manager of research and strategy consultant. Marc specialises in methods and techniques for strategy development and implementation, with a focus on stakeholder management and strategic foresight development. He has written professional books and scientific articles on strategic management, management consultancy, and structured problem solving. Besides teaching bachelor, master, and MBA students, Marc also provides open and in-company training in structured problem-solving and communication for managers, consultants, and other business professionals. He also serves as a soundboard for managers in cases of strategy development and implementation. Marc holds a master's degree in economics and is a PhD in strategic management.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sage Publications Ltd; 1st edition (24 December 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 600 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 144625612X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1446256121
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.05 x 4.45 x 23.5 cm
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Marc Baaij is an associate professor of strategy at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) of the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He is engaged in graduate and executive education as well as scientific research. Marc also coaches managers on real-world strategy projects. He has authored many articles for scientific and professional journals, as well as professional titles and textbooks on the strategy and problem-solving methods used by top-tier consultants. Marc has previously been a strategy consultant and a research manager at The Boston Consulting Group. He has also worked for IBM, and holds degrees in economics and strategy.

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Exactly what it says it is. An excellent introduction to consultancy. Covers everything you need to know. Expressed in simple, clear and easy to read style and format. I am yet to come across a better book.
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