Learning outcome 1:

b) Apply knowledge and understanding to produce recommendations that provide genuine and practical benefit to the client.

d) Appraise the skills and roles required by a project team and contextualise these in relation to the project experience.

The section will be complemented by the live Teams session on Tuesday 10th May, where Sarah will interview a consultant about his experience.

In terms of your potential future employment, management consultancy firms are the main employers.

Generally the different aspects of consultancy can be divided as follows:

• Generalists: larger firms, e.g. KPMG. Offer a range of services from strategy consulting and human resources, to IT and outsourcing on a global basis.
• Strategy consultants offer strategic advice to companies e.g. new market entry, long-range planning
• Human resource consultants offer specialist HR advice, e.g. in organisational restructuring
• Information technology consultancy firms offer specialist IT advice e.g. systems analysis and design and applications consulting
• Financial consultants offer specialist advice e.g. installation of budgetary control systems
• Outsourcing consultancies manage the outsourcing of projects such as IT, finance and HR.
• Niche firms are often set up by consultants leaving the larger firms to set up their own consultancies in a particular sector or specialist service.

Prospects is a website that offers rich information about graduate jobs and careers, follow the link below to explore their section on working as a Management Consultant to find out more and have a look at any vacancy on offer.

Activity

On this project your role will not be as extensive as a management consultant but take a minute now to take a few notes on:

what you think your key role as a consultant will be whilst working on this project
what skills you will need to utilise