Basic Principles of Effective Consulting

Name: Basic Principles of Effective Consulting
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ISBN: 9780805854206

ISBN-10: 0805854207

ISBN-13: 9780805854206

Edition: 2006

Authors: Linda K. Stroh, Homer H. Johnson

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This is a very good time for consultants. As corporations have been reorganizing and downsizing, merging and globalizing, the consulting business has been booming. The Basic Principlesnbsp;of Effective Consulting is about what effective consultants do and how they do it. It provides a step-by-step process that can provide successful outcomes for consultants and their clients. The chapters have plenty of examples and cases of the process used by effective consultants, as cases and examples are one of the best ways to learn the consulting business. Also provided as part of each chapter are short pieces of expert advice by established consultants and users of consulting services. Teachers in…

Book details

List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 12/14/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

LINDA K. STROH is a Loyola University Faculty Scholar and Professor at the Graduate School of Business, Loyola University in Chicago. She has published over one hundred articles and is coauthor of four books, including Organizational Behavior: A Management Challenge and The Basic Principles of Consulting. Her research has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, Newsweek, and BusinessWeek, and she as appeared on NBC's Nightly News and CNN.



Foreword


Preface


About the Authors



Consultants and Consulting


From the Experts ... The Internal Consultant's Role at Dow Jones & Company




Establishing Expectations and Goals


From the Experts ... Criteria for Selecting Consultants at Archer Daniels Midland




Formalizing the Agreement: Proposals and Contracts


From the Experts ... The Importance of Written Contracts




Developing a Project Strategy: Diagnosis and Data Collection


From the Experts ... Data Collection Begins at the Beginning!




Interviewing


From the Experts ... Listen Up!




Preparing the Feedback/Assessment Report: Moving the Client to Action


From the Experts ... Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Input to Report?




Presenting the Findings: Moving From Diagnosis to Commitment to Action


From the Experts ... Presenting the Findings




Initiating Action


From the Experts ... A Few Simple Steps to Implement Change




Ending the Project


From the Experts ... Life With Consultants: First, Prepare for the End




Some Final Thoughts: The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting


From the Experts ... Building Strong Consultant-Client Relationships at PricewaterhouseCoopers



Some Further Reading


Index