The four types of consulting
This post explains the 4 types of consulting as they are defined by David H. Maister....
What is management consulting?
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement. Consultancies may also provide organizational change management assistance, development of coaching skills, technology implementation, strategy development, or operational improvement services. Management...
Why do we need a strategy?
Do you want your business to grow, and do you want a (sustainable) solid profit? Why then, don’t we just go out there and get some customers, convince them to purchase our solutions at good prices (to us)? Why are we consultants always asking, “What is your strategy”? Apparently, there...
Winning Gold Medals in the Software Industry
In general, companies are good at developing new products, but often lack the skills to make them internationally known. Unfortunately, not many have serious medal chances! The globalisation process is gathering pace all the time and in the case of the software industry it is galloping along. We have...
The World is Flat
First posted: 16-08-2007 In his recent book “The World is Flat” Thomas L. Friedman reviews the consequences of the ever increasing capacity of the Internet. Particularly the improved communication bandwith between The USA and The Far East as well as the appetite of new Far East generations on higher...
