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Homework answers / question archive / Assignment In a 2,500 word essay (maximum word count) you are required to critically evaluate the qualities and skills that management consultants need to effectively help companies solve problems and adapt to changes in the business environment
Assignment
In a 2,500 word essay (maximum word count) you are required to critically evaluate the qualities and skills that management consultants need to effectively help companies solve problems and adapt to changes in the business environment.
Your evaluation should consider the qualities and skills required at each stage of the consulting process from initial entry and contracting through to the final evaluation stage. Where appropriate you should reflect on your experience as a member of the consultancy project group.
Here are some suggestions for laying out and developing your individual assignment
1. Identify the list of qualities
You will find a useful list by Buchanan and Boddy on p.45 in the core text book (here is the link to access the e-book)
2. Go through them individually and and identify which of the personnel profile factors they require:
Knowledge
Skill
Experience
Attitude
Rfelect on whether the quality can be trained (knowledge/skill); developed (experience); or attitude (you are born with it and have an aptitude
3. Go through Bullock and Batten's four phases on p.18 in the core text book:
Exploration
Planning
Action
Integration
Which qualities are required in each phase. Link these phases to the consulting process stages introducesd in week 5 lecture; use examples to illustrate how this works
4. Reflect on the qualities you had to use as you went through the phases preparing your Harbourside team project report
Critically evaluate the qualities and skills that change agents/consultants need to help companies solve problems and adapt to changes in the business environment effectively.
