Consultants Born and Not Simply Made

GULU UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

YEAR III

COURSE WORK

CONSULTANCY SKILLS (306)

OKULI TOLBERT WILLIAM

09/U/2320/BAK/PS

Question:

“Consultants especially those in the dominant management and business field are borne and may not simply be made.”

To discuss this position, adopt operations of one practical consultancy firm case study you are well conversant with. This firm must be engaging consultants of various specialties. Present your reaction in strictly a six (6)-page write up typed under New Times Roman fontage of (1.5) spacing and submit it in after thirty (30 ) days.

Paul Onyango-Delewa,

+256772304706

LECTURER

Henry & Egyeyu Consultants

P.O Box 36031,

Kampala.

10th March, 2012

RE: CONSULTANTS BORN & NOT SIMPLY MADE

1.0 Background of consultancy

Management consultancy is a multi-billion pound industry, employing millions of people worldwide. It is one of the most popular choices of graduate employment in the UK. Management consulting grew with the rise of management as a unique field of study. The first management consulting firm was Arthur D. Little, founded in 1886 by the MIT professor of the same name and was incorporated in 1909. Though Arthur D. Little later became a general management consultancy, it originally specialized in technical research. Booz Allen Hamilton was founded by Edwin G. Booz, a graduate of the Kellogg School of management at Northwestern University, in 1914 as a management consultancy and the first to serve both industry and government clients.

The first wave of growth in the consulting industry was triggered by the Glass-Steagall Banking Act in the 1930s, and was driven by demand for advice on finance, strategy, and organization. From the 1950s onwards consultancies not only expanded their activities considerably in the United States but also opened offices in Europe and later in Asia and South America. After World War II, a number...