...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 range of financial, and business skills training to individuals and the organisations they work for. PwC's Academy trains and supports students who are taking professional qualifications in accountancy and...
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...Running head: Business Consulting Week 1: Business Consulting University of Phoenix MGT 527 A Vision of a Business Consultant A vision can mean the ability to anticipate possible future events and developments. In business, consultants use vision statement along with a mission statement to further guide, inspire, and provide direction to the organization and its employees. Further, vision, and mission statements are paramount to the future growth and success no matter what kind of business you are doing. As a Business Consultant, one must have ultimate vision and mission statement that could deliver its purpose and values to the organization. Clear and concise vision and mission statement can easily motivate the direction of the organization and effectively can convey intentions to come up with an attractive and exciting common vision of the future. Business Consultant’s Roles and Responsibilities The roles and responsibilities of a Business Consultant include giving advice to business entrepreneurs by developing and promoting programs and services of the business to meet the needs of business and customers. Business Consultant ensures compliance with federal, state and, local laws. Other duties and responsibilities include: 1) Analyze and evaluate client requirements and business goals. 2) Recommend appropriate strategies and logistics to increase business opportunities. 3) Create different analytical...
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...with expertise in services like "Premium Recruitment Consulting - Retained Executive and Board Search", "Turnkey Recruitment Projects", "Interim Management" and "Top Level Corporate Training". We find leaders who build winning business. As passionate experts in the executive search industry we build leadership teams for our clients every day. Orchestrating a process that ends in the hiring of world-class talent requires a true partnership with a trusted outside advisor. Maximise your exposure to the global executive talent pool and fully leverage the experience of our executive search consultants. We are the only consulting firm with our own non-commercial online Job Portal www.universalhunt.com. We have built a databank of more than 4 Million candidates over a period of time, which allows us absolute success in any mandate in shortest time span with 100% client satisfaction. We serve more than 900 international clients across all sectors and industries. We have clients in UK, Germany, Belgium, South Africa, Netherlands, Singapore, India, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, Libya, Tanzania, Kazakhstan, Tunisia, Jordan, Nigeria, Kenya and Malaysia, Uganda, Hongkong, Australia, USA and many other countries. Specialties Executive Search, Interim Management, Turn Key Recruitment, Corporate Training, Resume Writing Service Universal Hunt Private Limited, an International Business Consulting company with clientèle from various sectors and industries...
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...Business Consulting Kevin Jackson University of Phoenix MGT/527 August 13, 2012 Sandy Yeh Abstract Business consulting has a long history in America. In 1890, Fredrick Winslow Taylor was the first business consultant, which he called it scientific management and many of the practices are still relevant in modern organizations (Public Broadcasting Station, n.d.). Organization uses internal and external consultants; however, organizations use external consultants more than internal consultants. External and internal consultants use the same functions and roles to solve a problem an organization has. This is a review of those functions and responsibilities of business consultants. The author believes internal consultants are more equipped to solve problems and improve organizational functions because he or she understands the organizational structure and culture. Business Consultant A person who is a business consultant provides advice and solutions to other business this includes small businesses to Fortune 500 organizations. Business consulting has numerous types of sub-categories, which includes marketing consultants, sales consultant, and human resources consultant. Although there are numerous types of business consultants, organizations do not require business consultants services enough to hire a full-time member (Consultant Journal, 2012). However, some businesses do have internal consultants, but these consultants are part of...
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...Business Consulting Paper MGT/527 Consulting June 23, 20014 Dr. Harvey McDonnell Business Consulting Paper Abstract Business consulting has a lengthy history in America. In 1890, Fredrick Winslow Taylor was the first business consulting, which he called it scientific management and many of the practices today are still pertinent in modern organization (Public Broadcasting Station, n.d.). Organization uses external and internal consultants; however, most organization use external consultants more than internal consultants. External and internal consultants use the same functions and roles to solve a problem that an organization has. This is an evaluation of those functions and responsibilities of business consultants. Vision and Explanation of a Business Consultant It is crucial for a company to have a vision and mission. The vision describes where the company is heading and the fulfillment of its goals. Whereas in mission, it explains the primary purpose of the company and provides the purpose of its existence. Mission defines and communicates to the stakeholders why the company is headed to that direction and its purpose. Having a good business consultant will prevent the company in experiencing downfall, loss of income, lack of trust from stakeholders, and business failure. Business consultant helps in defining the company's mission, goals, and objectives. Consultant must know the vision and mission of the company and has the knowledge and experience on how...
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...Business Consulting Paper Kim Spann MGT/527 January 9, 2013 Linda Kulka Business Consulting Paper Business consulting is needed in businesses in the world today. Regardless of what type of business a person has or works for, consulting is needed to see what issues a business has whether good or bad. A business consultant can make a business become better in different aspects. A business consultant does not necessary have to know about the business he or she is consulting, but he or she do need to know what type of business is being consulted. A business consulting discovers the problems in the business and then creates a solution to the problem by making things better in the workplace. According to Bryan (2013), business consultants are the connecting link between discovering problems and creating solutions. They can come as one person, or they could come as a team. No matter what form of business consultant you use, they will have one goal and that will be to meet the goals of the company they are assisting. A business consultant will not put down a business, but will let the owners know what needs to be done to have the business run smoothly or without flaws. According to Pryles (2013), a consultant is an expert at recognizing problems and shaping solutions to those problems. A business consultant has different roles in consulting a business. A person may just believe a business consultant only comes into a business to criticize a business, but most...
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...KPMG evolving and adapting to give clients a business boost 8 Apr, 2015 Post Staff KPMG Cambodia Limited celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, but for one of the world’s leading professional services firm, even two decades can seem like just the beginning of the long journey ahead. The firm, which is one of the largest professional organisations in Cambodia, demonstrated its drive to adapt to changing business needs in the Kingdom when it acquired Phnom Penh-based Premier Consulting (Cambodia) Limited at the beginning of this year. The acquisition not only added to KPMG’s local growth and strength, but also enhanced the company’s ability to provide the best services possible to an ever-growing list of clients. The addition of Premier Consulting’s expertise to KPMG’s established business portfolio brings a new dimension to the firm expanding its traditional Audit, Tax and Advisory services in to additional consulting, payroll, compliance and other essential business services. “We constantly strive to undertake strategies to develop new services and capabilities, recruit new experts and assist clients with market-leading ideas and technology,” said KPMG Senior Partner Michael Gordon. “It all boils down to turning knowledge into value to benefit our clients as they look to not only undertake their day to day business activities, but also to transform their business models and operations.” The acquisition also comes at a time when more and more clients...
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...List of top consulting firms Following is an interactive list of the top consulting firms/companies around the world with such details as ranking, company name, website url, headquarters, year founded, approximate number of employees, male to female ratio, and other statistics. You can perform searches and sort the list (multiple column sort available, hold down shift). Our databases are frequently updated, be sure to bookmark and visit us often for updates and added stats. If you have suggestions or would like to see added features or stats you'd like to see feel free to email us your suggestions. Purpose: To summarize and provide beneficial statistical information about the consulting industry and provide quick access gateway to relevant companies and websites. Serving: Researchers, students, professionals, job seekers and all who seek information about top consulting companies. (10 characters max, no button to click, just type a few characters and see results) Type a company name to filter the list below for example: deloitte (your browser needs to support javascript) Note: Columns are sortable, you can multi-sort if necessary (shift + click) Rank | Consulting Firm | HQ | Industry | Type | # of employees | Year founded | Median age | Male | Female | 1 | McKinsey & Company * http://www.mckinsey.com * LinkedIn * Facebook * Twittersnapshot | Greater New York City Area | Management Consulting | Partnership | 15000 | 1926 | 29 | 67% | 33% | 2 | The Boston...
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... Page: Conceptualization/Introduction 2 Vision/Mission 2 Principles 2 Services Offered 3-4 General Environment 4-5 Assessment of Environment 5-6 Opportunities/ Threats 7 Revenue 7-8 SWOT 9 Tactic and Strategy 9 Balanced Scorecard 10 Explanation of Financials 11-12 Financial Sheet 13 A. Conceptualizing Paper Our business, Resolute Group, will be a small to medium size consulting firm that utilizes our team member strengths in consulting and evaluating current and new businesses. Each team member will have hired a team that specializes in the respective field. Our customers are business leaders, managers, and even current potential business owners, looking to establish a position in the market of Albany, GA and surrounding counties. We will consult these customers on the multiple marketing avenues, the business strategy sector, as well as public relation avenues these businesses could take. Other consulting advice could also include, but not limited to, whom to speak with on establishing certain businesses, review of current and former financial statements, basic public speaking seminars, and internal organizational review. Mission Statement Initiating Dreams into Realities’ Vision Resolute Group looks to make more companies capable of competing in even the most uncertain markets. Guiding Principles/Policies As advisors and consultants to our community businesses...
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...9 Competition 13 Products 14 Action plan 15 Financial assessment 17 Marketing plan 19 Results 20 Background The company we are going to take for the analyses is one of the most popular and established consulting firm in the world – PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The company was established in 1998 after the merger of two multinational companies - Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, the history of each has more than 150 years of experiences in the consulting industry. Today, the company has operations in 6 continents in more than 150 countries in the world. In Russia, the company represents in 10 offices: Moscow, St Petersburg, Kazan, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Vladikavkaz. All the offices in the country and all over the world are closely interact with each other and work together in order to increase the value of proving service and the client`s business. In Russia PwC brand is represented by 5 legal entities: * OOO PwC Advisory * ZAO PwC Legal * ZAO PwC Audit * Rep office of PwC Russia B. V. * Rep office of PwC Legal CIS B.V. Globally the company has 3 lines of service (LoS) in each country: * Assurance. The core business of the company, which mostly focused on proving audit service. * Tax and Legal. The second largest LoS, which specializes in proving methodological, operational and strategic consulting in the tax and legal fields and also transfer pricing...
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...Business Process Outsourcing Introduction Business process outsourcing (BPO) is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions (or processes) to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments of its supply chain. BPO is typically categorized into back office outsourcing - which includes internal business functions such as human resources or finance and accounting, and front office outsourcing - which includes customer-related services such as contact center services. BPO that is contracted outside a company's country is called offshore outsourcing. BPO that is contracted to a company's neighboring (or nearby) country is called near shore outsourcing. Often the business processes are information technology-based, and are referred to as ITES-BPO, where ITES stands for Information Technology Enabled Service. Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) and legal process outsourcing (LPO) are some of the sub-segments of business process outsourcing industry. In 2010, the Philippines surpassed India as the largest business process outsourcing industry in the world. After growing 20 per cent in 2012, the BPO industry of the Philippines is estimated to gross revenue of upwards to $25 billion by 2016. By these estimates, the Philippines' BPO industry will account for approximately 10 per cent of the nation's GDP. History...
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...The economic downturn has caused lots of companies to call into question their business tactics and pricing strategies. While reconsidering marketing practices may make good sense, you should not significantly change your pricing. An untimely price reduction can cause great financial stress on a company, sometimes driving them into bankruptcy. When in doubt, don’t turn to price reduction. Cutting prices with the hope that you will attract more business is a surefire way to reduce profitability. Then what is the solution? Conduct a Business Analysis That will help you to develop a clear image of how your business is working, considering the sum of all the constituent parts. After that, assess how your business has been developing and acknowledge areas of possible improvement. Track the success of your improvements over time, adjusting the changes so that they optimize the efficiency of your overall goal. In such a competitive business climate, making just the right changes is crucial to your success. Finally, make certain that your pricing matches the value of your services—not just your cost in providing them. If that means increasing prices, do it. Refine your Marketing The solution to surviving a recession isn’t cutting prices but smarter marketing to your target customers. Determine who you best customers are and research the best way to market your services to them. The most successful companies are the ones that can take advantage of a recession to enlarge their...
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...CONSULTING FAQ ▪ Objective This is a BITS2BSCHOOL initiative to form a ‘Frequently Asked Questionnaire’ on Management Consulting for the aspiring consultants on this e-group. This FAQ has been compiled from answers provided by a panel of Consultant BITSians, to consulting relating questions posed by this group. ▪ FAQ Structure The questions have been classified into the following sections: B Schools and Academic background (pre and during MBA) Professional work experience (pre MBA) and expectations Post MBA Consulting experience Interpersonal Skills and Networking FAQ B SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUND (PRE AND DURING MBA) Q1. When evaluating MBA programs, what are the key characteristics to consider for an aspiring consultant? In other words, what are the different parameters based on which, one can shortlist & differentiate universities for a consulting major. While Consulting companies recruit heavily from a core set of schools (typically 5 or 6 top schools), almost all Consulting firms recruit from most of the top 10 or top 15 schools. When evaluating an MBA program, it is important to consider the location, interest in living there and how good the program is. One can gather this information by networking with alumni and current students. While targeting a school with consulting in mind is one way to go, it is essential to keep an open mind. Most students figure out their interests and career paths while at school and not before. As...
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...Business Consulting Paper Leonard Eric Manalo University of Phoenix ~ MGT 527 Professor: Richard Arriaga June 26, 2013 Vision and explanation of a Business Consultant It is very important for a company to have a vision and a mission. A vision describes where the company is heading and the fulfillment of its goals. Whereas in mission, it explains the primary purpose of the company and provides the purpose of its existence. Mission describes and communicates to the stakeholders why the company is headed to that direction and its purpose. Having a good business consultant will prevent the company in experiencing downfall, loss of income, lack of trust from stakeholders, and business failure. Business consultant helps in defining the company's mission, goals, and objectives. Consultant must know the vision and mission of the company and has the knowledge and experience on how to guide the future of the company into the right direction. Business Consultant’s Roles and Responsibilities A business consultant’s roles and responsibilities depend on a good relationship to his or her client. Consultant must disclose to the client his or her full competence and expertise in solving the company’s problem, implement the needed changes and improvements if necessary. Consultant should have the experience in finding the root cause of the problem, where it has originated, and the need of the company. Consultant offers suggestion and provides...
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...Clarity Consulting 2010 Analysis of SONIC America’s Drive-In 4/26/2010 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 Current Strategy & Performance……………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Environment Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Environment Strategy Business Capabilities……………………………………… 4 Identification of Key Issues & Problems……………………………………………………………….. 5 New/Modified Strategy……………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Changes in Capabilities…………………………………………………………………………………………. 7 Action Plan & Implentation…………………………………………………………………………………… 8 Financial Implicatoin…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9 Summary………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Introduction Clarity Consulting is a project and management consulting firm located in Denton, Texas. We assist companies in creating profitable and strategic decisions that affect their net income and make refinements to their business structure. We are driven to take on endless issues that matter to top organizations. We have over 20 years of experience in analyzing business plans and providing plenty of prosperous implementations for companies such as Target, Chipotle, and Best Buy. We have carefully developed a strategic business plan for SONIC America’s Drive-In that we believe will benefit your organization. We look forward to the opportunity...
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