MN52110: Management consulting
[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 60%, CWOG 40% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Preparing a Client Pitch (CWOG 40%)
- Individual Coursework Essay (CWES 60%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of this unit, students will have worked towards being able to:
- Explain the context and background of management consulting.
- Use theories, concepts and frameworks to make sense of consulting practice.
- Apply approaches, methods and tools to diagnose and solve client problems.
- Explain the importance of managing client and network relations.
- Understand the different phases of the consulting life cycle.
- Mobilize strategies to engage clients and leverage consulting projects.
- Critically reflect on the conduct of the consultant and consulting as a profession.
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| Synopsis: | Examine the theoretical and practical aspects of contemporary consulting. You'll learn about:
- concepts, tools and techniques for diagnosing and solving complex problems
- the context in which the consulting process unfolds
- the consulting life cycle
- strategies for managing client-consultant relationships
- the framework for optimising intellectual capital in professional service firms.
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| Content: | Key topics covered include:
- Context and background, such as origins, growth and importance, types of consulting firms and their operating mode.
- Core elements of management consulting, e.g., forms of capital (human, social and organisational), and approaches, methods and tools.
- Dynamics of clients and client-consultant relations.
- Consulting life cycle and the client engagement process.
- Ethics of consulting.
- Case study analysis.
- Preparation of a client proposal.
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| Course availability: |
MN52110 is Optional on the following courses:
School of Management
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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