Chapter 1
Consultants and consultancy
This chapter answers the questions: what is a management consultant and what is management consultancy?
Why are you reading this book? Perhaps you are an experienced consultant who wants to pick up a few new tricks? Maybe you are new to consulting and want to gain a better understanding of what it is all about? This chapter is aimed primarily at the novice consultant.
Whether you are joining a major consultancy, starting out as an independent consultant, or have been recruited as an internal consultant, the chapter provides an overview of the fundamental concepts in consulting. Most of the book is about how to be a consultant. As an opening to the subject, this chapter answers what being a consultant ...
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