...What Consulting Firms are Looking For October, 2015 What is a consultant? * ASK the audience what they think….is not a test, just want to understand what you think * Acknowledge their thoughts….reinforce/add with…a consultant is many things: * An advisor * A thought partner * A counselor…personal and professional * An analyst * A strategist * A change agent * ….all focused on helping others succeed…must get your satisfaction, and feel successful in your career, by helping others succeed, rather than running something * All this starts Day One when you join a firm * But mix is very much skewed to being an analyst in the early days The roles in a team…and the career progression is typically: * Associates: working with more junior client team members – often peers or a few years older, often with MBAs and other advanced degrees from schools as good as this one – to gather the data, do the analysis, develop first drafts of recommendations, write a lot of powerpoint slides * Managers (each firm uses a different term…Engagement Managers, Project Managers, Team Leaders): working with a more senior client executive appointed by top management to lead the project – often someone in their 40s or 50s with a track record of success in the company - still get to do all the stuff Associates do, but also to provide the overall guidance to the team and client to get the work done * Managers also work with the...
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...West Consulting Firm 802 W Longleaf Drive Unit 18 Auburn, AL 36832 Mr. Doug Chapman 123 Main Street Mobile, AL 31864 November 5, 2015 Subject: Slime Flux Dear Mr. Chapman, The symptoms you described sound like Slime Flux, commonly referred to as Bacterial Wetwood. This is an important disease in the fact that it typically causes mortality of the tree. This disease is caused by bacteria of a variety of different species entering the tree either through an open wound. Slime Flux often infects Maple, Oak and Elm trees. The bacteria grow under the bark and cause pressure to build by causing the tree to raise its water content allowing the bacteria to seep through any cracks that may be in the bark which will cause discoloration. This...
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... Ethical Implications 5. Course of Action 6. Conclusion 1. Introduction: NBS, Inc is a Software Services and Staffing Solutions firm. Started in 2001 has head offices at Washington, DC and branches Nationwide in United States of America and other parts of world like India and Middle East. Though started as a small firm in the beginning, NBS survived the market competition and made some good progress in past 10 years. Has earned its recognition for a Quality service from various clients includes Government, Banking, financial and other IT sectors. And as a result it’s now become a Multi-Million dollar firm in Ten years. NBS, Inc now serves different client for their Staffing and Software needs includes GE, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Lockheed Martin, FBI, DC WASA just to name a few. NBS, Inc develops Software Applications based on client needs on different platforms includes Cold Fusion, JAVA, .NET and provide QA solutions for applications that are in use by the clients. And NBS also helps these clients Hire IT/Software professionals all over the United States of America through its consulting business. Includes H1 Visa Holders, Green Card Holders, US Citizens with Secret or Top Secret Clearances depending on the client requirements. NBS, Inc apart from Software Services also provide Recruiting/Consulting services and Accounting Services to different clients depending on their requirements, which are cost effective and time saving. And NBS has earned many...
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...CONSULTING PROJECT PLAN PART 2 Consulting Project Plan for ATLG Litigation Law Frim Allison Burke-Rush MGT/527 August 14, 2015 Dr. Bill White Consulting Project Plan for ATLG Litigation Law Firm The present owner of ATLG Litigation Law Firm manages every aspect of the business, including the human resources functions. His management responsibilities are so underwhelming he feel that he can’t grow the firm to its full potential. After reviewing the operation in its current state, my thoughts were the owner needs a clear and concise operational plan that would help him resolve his current situations, and expand the business. I will deliver a sound solution with taking the owner’s concerns when making these recommendations. As an consultant it is important to establish a communication plan that will identify the effective ways of communication used in this project. Since the owner of this firm control all the main functions, the frequency of communication is definitely needed, and to put some tools in place to help accomplish a clear way to communicate to the staff. This will include feedback meeting plan that will include the key players who have the strongest impact on the firm. Communication Plan When dealing with a small firm such as ATLG, it is more effective to constantly communicate with the mindset of establishing authenticity as well as rapport...
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...Recommendations for Guillermo's Furniture Store Sterling Kroll, Ana De Leon, and Richard Scott FIN/571 February 20, 2012 Dr. Rodney Simmons Recommendations for Guillermo's Furniture Store Guillermo Furniture store faces completion in various formats that threatens the growth of the business. The new competition entering the market forced Guillermo to evaluate his current operation and choose on of three alternatives that best suit him, that would allow him to remain competitive. Guillermo will need to decide if he wants to remain an independent manufacturer of his own furniture and continue his business operation as normal. His other options consist of investing in becoming a hi-tech manufacturer or becoming a broker and distributing furniture for other companies. A detailed analysis on all three of the options will be conducted. This analysis will allow the team to make a decision on which option will be the best for Guillermo’s business. The group will also present a justification for the final decision. Current Course Guillermo Navallez has made furniture for years in his home town of Sonora, Mexico. Sonora has a good supply of raw material and labor is relatively inexpensive. Beginning in the late 1990’s business started to weaken, globalization, mergers, and acquisitions in the worldwide furniture market, businesses, and operations need to change for Guillermo Furniture Company. The market brings together buyers and sellers in many forms (McConnell...
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...Price Waterhouse This company is a multinational professional services network. It is the second largest professional services network in the world. PwC is a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 184,000 people. In 2012 the company had total revenues of $31.5 billion, of which $14.9 billion was generated by its practice, $7.9 billion by its Tax practice and $8.7 billion by its Advisory practice The firm was formed in 1998 by a merger between Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse.[1] The trading name was shortened to PwC in September 2010 as part of a rebranding.[6] As of 2012 PwC United States is the fifth-largest privately owned organization in the United States.[7] PricewaterhouseCoopers' operations are Global, but with Europe accounting for 42% of the total.[30] PwC audits 33% of companies in the FT Global 500 and 29% of the companies in the Fortune Global 500.[30] PricewaterhouseCoopers is organised into the following three main service lines:[31] • Assurance Services • Tax Advisory, (international tax planning and compliance with local tax laws, customs, human resource consulting, legal services and transfer pricing) • Advisory – mainly consulting activities which covers Strategy, Performance Improvement, Transactions Services, Business Recovery Services, Corporate Finance, Business Valuation, Sustainability and Crisis Management in a range of specialist areas such as accountancy and actuarial advisory. • Academy - providing a wide...
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...representative member. * A full service accountancy firm * Midsized in their local market * A member of the relevant local professional accountancy institute * Unaffiliated with a competing international association or network of accounting firms * A reputable local firm with significant expertise in cross border business * English speaking * An expanding firm with a growing proportion of internationally active clients * Committed to marketing the firm and to participation in and promotion of the association. 2. Benefits of membership: (http://www.inpactint.com/join-inpact/benefits-of-membership/ ) * INPACT is allowing mid market accountancy firms to access resources on a global basis that is enabling them to retain their autonomy and compete more successfully in their local markets. * Access to INPACT's like-minded group of over 140 member firms in more than 60 countries worldwide * Greater exposure to developments in the international accountancy, audit and tax landscapes, and the formation of strong links to accounting firms around the world through attendance at INPACT Group meetings. * Furthermore, our membership of EGIAN (The European Group of International Accounting Networks & Associations) confirms our growing reputation in the global accountancy market. 3. Services Of Inpact International: (http://www.inpactint.com/services/ ) Our membership criteria stipulate that member firms must be able to provide advice related to accountancy...
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... Donald J. Giffels is a civil engineer and president of a engineering consulting firm. His firm was under a contract to some work with installing equipment at a facility to train firefighters dealing with fire crashes of airplanes. Jet fuel was recently replaced with liquid propane because it contaminated the soil to simulate fires. Giffels was concerned about the lack of design in areas crucial to safety. No design analysis was submitted either. He contacted the designers for a justification in approving the design. Giffels contacted another engineering firm that had installed similar designs and they had confirmed the cause for concern about safety when looking at the design. A mechanical engineering firm was asked to do a design study but was turned down because of liability fears. Therefore Giffels firm asked the government to be absolved of any responsibility in case of mishaps do to inadequate design. The firm refused to proceed with the installation until safety issues were addressed. The government agency agreed and brought in three other firms to fix the safety issues. Step 2: Define the Stakeholders - those with a vested interest in the outcome The Government agency would be a stakeholder. Where they have overlooked the safety designs and failed to submit an analysis. Giffels’ civil engineer is a stake holder also who would have felt the guilt of ignoring the design although his firm is only required work for installation. The training firefighters would...
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...in Professional Development Introduction A firm interested in increasing its employees’ skills and competencies while deepening their employees’ commitment to the organization should c onsider three interventions: the nature of the job, formal training and the mentoring/co aching process. This paper on best practices outlines the issues firms fa ce in developing programs in these three areas and disc usses which practices, program designs or methods firms should take up in response to these issues. The Job Research in firms suggests that younger professionals are drawn to two different kinds of firms: the firm with a great reputation in the field, and the smaller, often less reputable, firms that offer younger people a broader range of opportunities. They usually favor the former when they regard their first or secon d job as a way station to a longer-term career in another company or setting and want to garner the “halo” effect of having worked at a great firm. This phenomenon o c curs in other professional services as well. For example, many consultants are happy to go to M cKinsey for their first five years of employment even though the prospect of becoming a partner and then a director are quite limited, and the work itself is extremely taxing. Many firms, however, cannot rely exclusively on the limited supply of skills within the firm to create opportunities for learning and growth. Therefore, these firms must build these opportunities into its system...
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...International School of Management Identifying and Managing Risks in Professional Services Firms & The Novo Group Incorporated Candidate: Maria Nicholas-Groves Date: August 15, 2013 Executive Summary Identifying, measuring and managing risks are critical for all businesses today. There is substantial research of applying risk management within manufacturing companies, yet limited information regarding services firms and their need to manage risk effectively. Nevertheless, service businesses account for 70% of employment and 70% of domestic product in Western countries (Hollman, 1991). Given the substantial impact this industry has on Western States, it is critical companies understand how to apply risk concepts and become capable of dealing with their risks appropriately and cost effectively. This paper will uncover the core risks professional services firms’ face. It will overlay this assessment on a micro level, reviewing The Novo Group, Incorporated. This is a professional services firm specializing in recruiting professional talent in the United States. In this intersection of risk, the paper will attempt to measure the risk, its impact, and options to manage these possibilities. Professional Services in the United States of America Services are a critical contributor to the United States’ gross domestic product and are responsible for the livelihood of thousands...
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...Responses to Review Questions Answer One What are the factors that influence a company's decision to go abroad? Please explain how these are related to each other. In the discussion on the internationalisation process of a firm, the product life cycle model plays a major role. Please explain and discuss the usefulness this model. (A) Generally, the first decision to go abroad is a specific one. It is a decision to look at the possibility of a specific investment in a specific country, not a general decision to look around the globe for investment opportunities. At this stage the organisation has no experience with the complexities of foreign investment, although it often has had some export experience. There are no standard operating guidelines, which can be given to deal with these complexities. What is needed mostly is a strong push and/or commitment to go abroad. A company benefits from these earlier experiences in the subsequent investment decisions. The organisational factors include: • role of the management • motives of the organisation • success at home Other than these internal forces, a number of factors in the environment, outside the organisation, may also force a company to go abroad. These drivers of internationalisation may include: • unsolicited proposal that cannot be ignored. These may include proposals from a foreign government, distributor or customer • competitive drive or bandwagon effect following other competitors or a general belief...
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...KINETIC AND POSITIONAL By: Ma, Hao; Business Horizons, Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p53, 12p, 1 diagram Competitive advantage is considered the basis for superior company performance. To perform at such a level consistently, a firm often has to nurture an evolving system of competitive advantages to carry it through competition and over time. What are the various possible types of such advantages? How can a firm systematically analyze the multiple advantages it could possess and use them to achieve and maintain superior performance? Building on research in strategic management, answers to these questions and others can contribute to managers' knowledge about the nature and content of competitive advantage. Such knowledge can help managers nurture and renew their firms' advantages more effectively through time. The Dichotomy of Positional and Kinetic Advantages The essence of competitive advantage can be interpreted as the asymmetry or differential among firms along any comparable dimension that allows one firm to compete better than its rivals. Simply put, a competitive advantage can be one of two types: ° positional--a status-defining position that leads to better company performance; or ° kinetic--an action-oriented ability that allows a firm to function more effectively and efficiently. Positional advantage often derives from ownership or access-based sources. Specifically, it comes from a company's unique endowment of resources, market positions, established accesses...
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...In this essay we will be examining the websites of two CPA firms, a Big-4 firm and a Second-tier firm. The second-tier firm our group has chosen is Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Company, a California based firm established in 1948. Vavrinek has six office locations, employees 200 people, and provides a variety of assurance and non-assurance services including accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting. It is ranked among the top 100 CPA firms in the United States and consistently ranks among the top five in the state of California. The Big-4 firm our group has chosen is KPMG. Founded in 1987 with the merger of KMG and Peat Marwick, KPMG also provides auditing, tax, and advisory services. This International network of CPA firms employees 138,000 professionals in over 150 countries, and with annual revenues exceeding $22.7 billion, has become one of the largest professional services networks in the world. From our examination of these sites we will provide a critical evaluation of each, as well as an accompanying comparative analysis. We will begin our assessment by evaluating what we collectively found to be positive characteristics of the Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Company website. The first thing we noticed is that the site has an appealing visual aesthetic. The various pages are organized, cohesive, and uncluttered, and the font size and page layout makes the information presented easily readable. We also appreciated the navigation functions and how easy it is for the...
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...Webster University Integrated Studies 6000 Title: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Submitted to Meet the Requirements of Integrated Studies 6000 Submitted by: Kirk L. Williams Jr. On Sunday, July 19, 2015 To Dr. Ronald J. Hunady Table of Contents Topics Page I. Introduction 3 II. Project Purpose 3 III. Project Methodology 3 IV. Body of the Paper 4 V. Conclusions 13 VI. References 14 I. Introduction I am a retired Army combat Veteran diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In addition, I am a survivor of Renal Cell Carcinoma commonly known as kidney cancer. Transitioning into the civilian sector made me curious about how civilians deal with American with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a civil rights law that protects employees with disabilities. The law prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals with physical and mental disabilities and the chronically ill. The Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was the first law to prohibit the discrimination of disabled in federally funded activities. This law did not protect the disabled under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Therefore, in 1990 Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act to protect this class of citizens. II. Project Purpose To learn the applicable laws and protections afforded employees under the ADA. III. Project Methodology I will research the...
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