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BM561-WK4 - PPT Slides On Consulting Process
BM561-WK4 - PPT Slides On Consulting Process
• “The consultants brought the technical support to make the project possible.”
• “We had expertise in certain areas but didn’t know how to bring all the pieces
together”
• “The Consultants brought a fresh, external perspective”
• “Consultants have the ability to bring resources very quickly”
• “Consultants add additional value by keeping a time scale to develop a project.
They also do things faster – our project could have taken twice as long if the
organisation had done the project itself”.
WHY DO ORGANISATIONS USE CONSULTANTS?
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
SIMPLIFIED OVERVIEW
Sales
Research
Delivery
Exit
SALES
RELEVANT RESEARCH/
SKILLS/ INSIGHTS,
UNDERSTANDING
EXPERTISE OF MARKET/ UNDERPINNED BY
BRIEF RESEARCH
AND IN THE REAL WORLD, CHEMISTRY
WOULD THE
CLIENT LIKE
WORKING WITH
THEM?
ARE THE
HOW WOULD THEY
CONSULTANTS
FIT INTO THE
APPROACHABLE?
ORGANISATION?
ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT…A GOOD
FIT
The client/business/industry
In the ‘real’ world, consultants would prepare a formal written proposal and a fee plan…and
work towards a signed contract, if the pitch is won.
RESEARCH
(STARTS AT THE SAME TIME AS ‘SALES’ BUT CONTINUES AFTER THE PITCH HAS
BEEN WON )
WHY RESEARCH AT THE ‘SALES’ STAGE?
The End!