Konsultanta bibliotēka

"How to select and use consultants – A Client’s Guide”
Milan Kubr, International Labour Office, 1993.

This book is intended for managers, entrepreneurs and other decision-makers who want to become more competent in selecting and using consultants. It decribes and evaluates consulting from a client's perspective, placing stress on principles and practices that make the difference between effective and wasteful consulting projects. The structure of this book follows the logic of consultant selection and use. The book may also be useful for those consultants who are keen to gain a better understanding of their client's needs, concerns and attitudes towards consultants.

“The international guide to Management Consultancy. The evolution, Practice and Structure of Management Consultancy Worldwide”
Second Edition, Barry Curnow & Jonathan Reuvid, Kogan Page 2003

A handbook for corporate purchasers of management consultancy services, International Guide to Management Consultancy provides a description of the profession worldwide and advice on how to choose and use its services effectively.

• Now in its second edition, this unique and authoritative guide provides a description of the management consultancy profession worldwide, together with advice on how to choose and use its services effectively. With contributions from leading practitioners, it will be essential reading for all purchasers of management consultancy services.
• Part One identifies the parameters and definitions of management consultancy. It presents overviews of the industry's origins and evolution, the present status of the leading multinational management consultancies and some of the global forces shaping the development of management consultancy.
• Part Two is devoted to ethics and best practice in management consultancy from a number of perspectives. Central to these discussions is the international development of the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) qualification.
• Part Three scrutinises the life of the client-consultant relationship, focusing on what clients can do to make the consultant's role effective and their working relationship productive.
• Part Four comprises snapshots by leading practitioners of thirteen key consultancy fields, ranging from strategy and marketing through change management and process re-engineering to the newer disciplines of information and knowledge management, m-commerce, ERP and e-business.
• Part Five consists of a general account of consulting in developing countries, followed by profiles of 26 country-by-country management consultancy markets.

“Management Consulting, A guide to the profession"
Milan Kubr, International Labour Office, Geneva

This widely recognized reference work on the state of the art of management consulting offers an extensive introduction to consulting: its nature, professional standards, intervention methods, behavioural rules, current developments and future perspectives. It has been used both by students of consulting and seasoned future perspectives. It has been used both by students of consulting and seasoned practitioners worldwide, either in its English original or in one of the 13 editions in other languages.

Today, the information and knowledge-based economy is creating new opportunities and challenges for consultants, who can find enough work and be well paid for their services, provided they are able to cope with complex and rapidly changing conditions, and meet the demands of increasingly sophisticated clients. In this climate, consultants must continuously reinvent themselves. More than ever, learning is a lifelong job for consultants. This fourth edition actively reflects and confronts these developments and challenges.

“Managing the Professional Service Firm"
David H. Maister, Free Press Paperbacks, 1997.

For the first time in paperback, international expert and consultant David Maister offers a brilliant and accessible guide to every management issue at play in professional firms. Professional firms differ from other business enterprises in two distinct ways: first, they provide highly customized services and thus cannot apply many of the management principles developed for product-based industries. Second, professional services are highly personalized, involving the skills of individuals. Such firms must therefore compete not only for clients but also for talented professionals. Drawing on more than ten years of research and consulting to these unique and creative companies, David Maister explores issues ranging from marketing and business development to multinational strategies, human resources policies to profit improvement, strategic planning to effective leadership. While these issues can be complex. Maister simplifies them by recognizing that ""every professional service firm in the world, regardless of size, specific profession, or country of operation, has the same mission statement: outstanding service to clients, satisfying careers for its people, and financial success for its owners."

"Handbook of Management Consulting - The Contemporary Consultant"
Flemming Poulfelt og Larry Greiner, USC. Bidragsyderne er over 20 internationale og ledende konsulenter & forskere fra Harvard, Kellogs, USC og førende konsulentvirksomheder. Udkommer 2004.

This book provides a thorough examination of a variety of specialties within the broad range of management consulting. A book of such scope and depth could only be written by a large number of experts. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in one of the many specialties related to management consulting. Together, all 27 contributors take the reader through an industry that is currently undergoing significant change. While covering all the major practice areas of consulting, the book also offers new insights into change processes and addresses compelling management issues now facing consulting firms. Every practicing consultant and firm needs this bookas broad perspective and its treatment of specific areas of content in order to prepare them for a successful future in a highly competitive business environment. Presently, there is no book on the market that takes such an advanced look at both the complexity and multiple aspects of consulting. Ideas presented by the many consulting experts are thoughtful and provocative. Their sage advice on future developments in the field is not to be missed.

"The Contemporary Consultant Casebook: Educating Today's Consultants"
Larry Greiner, Flemming Poulfelt, Thomas Olson, Paperback - Jun 2004.

This book complements The handbook of Management Consulting: The Contemporary Consultant: Insights from Leading Experts, 1e but can also be studied separately. The book consists of 20 cases including Harvard and Stanford cases. The cases present the broad range of topics that are pertinent to current management consulting. Each of the four parts of the text presents a cogent introduction by the editors, delineating topics that are critical for todayas consultants to understand. The cases represent major practice areas of consulting and afford new insights into change processes and other current management issues facing consulting firms. These cases, together with the handbook, will prepare consultants and other business managers for a successful future in a highly competitive consulting environment.