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Academic Year: | 2016/7 |
Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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Assessment Summary: | CW 30%, EX 70% |
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Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take MN10005 OR take MN10071 OR take MN20080 OR take MN10568 OR ( take MN10545 AND take CH10009 ) |
Description: | Aims: The aim of this unit is to examine the theoretical and practical aspects of management consulting. Learning Outcomes: After completing this unit the student will be able to: * Understand the context and background of management consulting; * Apply key theories, concepts and frameworks to understand the sources of competitive advantage of management consulting firms; * Analyse the organisational forms, networks and professional associations of management consulting firms; * Understand the importance of and approaches to managing client and network relations; * Understand the practices in the consulting process; * Appreciate the key choices and dilemmas associated with careers, development and reward in management consulting. Skills: * Juxtaposition of theory and practice (taught) * Identification good practice (taught) * Case analysis (taught and facilitated) * Practical skill development (taught and facilitated). Content: * Context and background - Origins, growth, definitions and importance of the management consulting sector; - Controversies and debates around the value of consulting; - Types of management consulting firms and sectors; - position of management consulting within the professions. * Organisational form of consulting firms in terms of - internal organisation (practice groups, project teams, matrix structures); - forms of capital (human, social and organisational), * Clients - Concept of multiple clients; - Ways of engaging with consultants; - Roles played by clients * Client-consultant relations: - Variations in relations (types of interaction and client capture); - Role of the client; - Managing client relations. * The practices and processes of consulting - Engagement cycle - key stages - acquiring contracts/setting up project teams/doing the work/producing reports/debriefing; - Key issues associated with bidding for new business. * Ethical issues - Context and importance of ethics; - Stakeholders and conflicts of interest; - Possible resolution of conflicts of interest. * Individual consultant perspectives - Key concepts of commitment and multiple foci of commitment; - Liminality and consulting; - Organisational attempts to manage commitment. |
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MN30474 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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