Outsourcing Dilemma: The Search for Competitiveness, The

Using management consultants

Organizations are using management consultants at a greater rate than ever before. For the larger established consultancies, at least, the late 1990s represented a period of almost continuous boom. Admittedly, work that was directly related to Y2K problems tended to fall away in the latter half of 1999, but all the indications are that the consultancy train has started to pick up speed again.

organizations are using management consultants at a greater rate than ever before

The vast majority of consultancy assignments have always concentrated on trying to improve a client’s performance in a function or group of functions. However, there has been a fundamental change over the years in the way that consultants carry ...