Management Consulting Today and Tomorrow Casebook Enhancing Skills to Become Better Professionals

This casebook complements the text Management Consulting Today and Tomorrow. The book consists of 20 cases, including those from Harvard and Stanford and the University of Southern California.The cases cover a broad range of topicsand practice areasthat are pertinent to current management consulting. The six parts parallel the six parts in the text, including an introduction to the cases by the editors, delineating topics and issues that are critical for today’s consultants. Several casesoffer new insights into the practice areas of Strategy, IT, Operations Management, Change Managementand more on Data Gathering and the Future of Consulting.This casebook, together with the text, will help to increase awareness among consultants and students about skill requirements, as well as make clients sensitive to what is demanded of them in a highly competitive consulting environment.

Part1: Consulting Industry, Skills and Professionalism Part2: Consulting Practice Areas and Methods Part3: Consulting to Implement Change in Different Contexts Part4: Managing the Consulting Firm Part5: The Future of Consulting

Larry E. Greiner is Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Southern California. Thomas H. Olson is Professor of Clinical Management and Organization at the University of Southern California. Flemming Poulfelt is Professor of Managementand Strategy, Vice Dean at Copenhagen Business School, and Director of the CBS Leadership Lab.