Roles of External Business Consultant and Internal Manager in Business Projects

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Business organization practitioners like the internal manager and external consultants are
instrumental in business projects. They offer a different perspective that enables the management
to understand the critical aspects of organizational development (uck & Welch, 2012). In every
business project, there can be an external consultant and internal manager whose central role is to
offer professional guidance to the various functional groups and departments involved in the
business project. Business consultants and managers might have the same skills, training, and
experiences based on the social structure of the enterprise. According to (Beringer, Jonas &
Kock, 2013) management practitioners have expanded their skills and values to improve the
competitiveness, effectiveness, and quality of services in strategic areas of business organization.
Therefore, comprehending the roles of both the external consultant and internal manager will
help both external and domestic consulting firms will help with appropriate guidelines in
consultations.
The principal objective of this essay is to compare and contrast the roles of the external
business consultant to those of an internal manager. In this case, an external consultant is an
individual regarded not within the management of the business organization. The link between
the external consultant depends on business project's agreement or letter of the contract.
Payments made to the External consultant are based on a specific project with the particular
deliverable and desired outcome. On the other hand, an internal manager is a person within the
management team of the business organization. The salary of an Internal manager is made based
on the roles he or she play in the business organization.
An individual regarded as an internal manager is similar to an external business
consultant because both are hired with the objective of solving issues in business and
implementing solutions to improve business operations. Concerning (Volberda, Van & Heij,

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2013) internal manager and external consultant can operate in all possible areas of management
overwhelming acquisitions, strategic planning, finance, enterprise efficiency, technology and in
improving the operational processes in the organization. That means both of them can play the
roles of training, execution of duties and as the vital advisory to the management.
Thirdly the internal manager and the constant external acts like a catalyst in initiating the
changes within the business projects. This is one of the prestigious assets of managers and
external business consultants. Both internal business managers and external consultants offer
impartial facilitation when disputes and negotiations are required in a particular organization.
Excellence outcome with the internal or external consultant is met when the requirement for a
specific issue is established through appropriate skills (Hazarika, Karpoff & Nahata, 2012).
Thus, the skills and abilities from the managers and external consultants are vital in analyzing the
weight of the matter and at the same time determine the scope of the problem. Business
consultant and internal manager are therefore required to have sought of financial commitment to
deliver and measure various parameters to come up with the final solution.
Fourthly, the external business consultants and internal managers are drawn from various
groups of management practitioners who offer services like finance, human resource with good
experience in solving client's issues. Some authors (Vaccaro, Jansen, Van & Volberda, 2012)
claim the role played by the internal managers and external business consultants are to influence
reforms through encouraging the workers to apply and learn more skills. Foss, Lyngsie & Zahra
(2013) developing good internal management and external consultancy roles can yield a wide
range of mutual advantages to the business projects. Thus, business organizations that maximize
the skills and knowledge of their managers and that of external consultants have an added
benefit.