Publisher's Synopsis
Hands-on Consulting(TM) provides a guide to learning and applying the practice of business consulting to solving complex business problems. This highly readable book begins by tracing business consulting's roots, describing how Frederick Taylor, James McKinsey, and other leaders built the profession. Hands-on Consulting goes on to describe, step by step, the practices used by consultants in organizing and conducting their client engagements. In doing so, the book provides business students, new consultants and emerging executives alike with a proven problem-solving process for addressing a wide range of problems and issues.
Core to the book are examples of how business consultants actually work. Attention is also given to describing various methodologies used by consultants in conducting their engagements.
