Report on Management Consultancy Services and Project Techniques

This report provides an analysis of management consultancy services and project management techniques. Section A discusses the value of consultancy in enhancing skills and improving business results, the roles of management consultants, and different consultancy models like the Expert, Doctor-Patient, and Process Consultation models. It also addresses the importance of considering socio-economic aspects and outlines strategic, operational, and human processes. Section B delves into various services offered by consultancy firms, including Human Resources Management, Organizational Development, Interim Management, and Outsourcing, explaining their roles in driving growth. The report further examines project management techniques, contrasting traditional approaches like the Waterfall Technique with innovative methods like Agile Project Management, and emphasizing the use of Gantt charts for monitoring progress. The report references academic sources to support its findings.

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Section A
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The different consultancy helps in adding to the different existing skill related profiles
of the staffs for enhancing their capabilities along with contributing towards the better results
in business (Wagner 2017). It is additional resource; however, it will be capable of improving
the growth prospects of the company successfully.
2)
As a management consultant, it will be easier for them in carrying out the research
along with collecting data for understanding company. The management consultant tries in
interviewing clients and run the focus groups as well as facilitate the workshops successfully
(Sturdy and O’Mahoney 2018).
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Expert Model helps in assuming that client tries to purchase from consultants when
she or he is unable to provide it themselves (Sturdy and O’Mahoney 2018).
Doctor-Patient Model is that the client can be experiencing symptoms wherein
something is wrong and they do not have cue regarding what is wrong.
Process Consultation is the fact that it is creation of relationship with client which
helps in permitting client to perceive and understand and react to process events which occur
in the internal as well as external environment.
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It is essential for the consultants to take care of the different kinds of the social
economic aspects of tackling the environmental issues which will be useful for improving the

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efficiency of the performance in the market in an accurate manner (Sturdy and O’Mahoney
2018).
5)
Strategic Process can be helpful for developing integrated strategic plan which will be
capable of building clarity as well as consensus on the critical game plan.
Operational process and Human Processes are mainly concerned related to the
organizational development and interim management which will be efficient in managing
growth (Maaravi 2018).
Section B
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Human Resources- The human resource management approach is considered to be
the strategic as well as consistent approach to management of the individuals within the
company. Through the respective management of the company’s most valued assets, different
kinds of benefits can be analyzed successfully (Maaravi 2018). The HRM helps in
representing the major investment in terms of the what has been spent on the individuals for
providing training and development related opportunities to the different individuals
successfully.
Organizational Development- It helps in seeking for improving the company or the
work group’s handling the internal processes successfully. It will be capable of handling the
different processes such as decision-making, style of leadership which needs to be followed
along with building trust and teamwork which are considered to be the key elements in
managing effectiveness in consulting firms (Lidinska and Jablonsky 2018).

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Interim Management- It is considered to be the temporary kind of vision of the
management resources along with skills and it is considered to be the short-term assignment
of the proven heavyweight interim executive manager for managing period of the transition
or crisis or change within the company. It will be capable of offering the proactive solution
which is rapidly changing and deploying executives for limited kind of engagements in a
successful manner as well (Harvey, Morris and Müller Santos 2017).
Outsourcing- The outsourcing is the last key element wherein there are few activities
in the company which are being outsourced to other external companies through transferring
the role. The outsourcing will be helpful for the company in reducing payroll and operating
related costs which will be efficient in managing different purposes successfully (Da Costa,
António and Dos Santos 2019).
Therefore, it can be concluded that these are the various different services in the
consultancy firms that will be capable of understanding the growth-related prospects in a
suitable manner and it will be effective for improving the growth prospects successfully.
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The project management techniques mainly range from traditional to innovative
approaches and from the same, the most effective one will be adopted by the management
consultants to run the project appropriately and smoothly. There are different specifications
for various projects and in such scenario, it will be helpful for understanding the type of
activity which will be capable of gaining efficiency in the level of activity and it will be
improving the growth patterns of the company successfully (Da Costa, António and Dos
Santos 2019).

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Classic Technique is one of the oldest forms of the technique in running the projects
and it mainly includes the proper preparation of the plan of the upcoming work and it will be
capable of estimating tasks which are required to be performed appropriately.
Waterfall Technique is considered to be the other technique which will be traditional,
however, it will be able to keep the simple classic approach to the new level. The respective
technique is mainly based on the sequential approach and performance of the different tasks.
The next step starts when the previous one is completed successfully. In order to monitor the
progress as well as performed steps, the Gantt Chart is the most effective aspect which needs
to be implemented by the company for understanding the complexity of the products and it
will be capable of gaining the competitive advantage in the market successfully (Da Costa,
António and Dos Santos 2019).
Agile Project Management Technique is the other aspect is considered to be the set of
principles which are mainly based on the value cantered approach and it helps in prescribing
the driving the project work in the short sprints which will be capable of gaining
competitiveness in comparison to the other techniques. These are the three different
techniques which can be used by the management consultant for meeting and achieving the
different projects in a successful manner (Da Costa, António and Dos Santos 2019).

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References
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Sturdy, A. and O’Mahoney, J., 2018. Explaining national variation in the use of management
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Wagner, D., 2017. Beyond Classical Rationalism-The Relevance of Soft Factors in Decision-
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