An Introduction to Management Consultancy

An Introduction to Management Consultancy

Templates26 July 2013

Marc G. Baaij

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Contents

• Key question• Problem statement• Logical structures– One-level – Two-level

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Key question: positive disturbing event

Framework element

Your description

Client Describe the client before the event

Disturbing event

Describe the positive event

Achieved result What client will achieve if client does not take action

Desired result Old desired result plus increase due to positive disturbing event

Key question How should client seize the positive disturbing event to achieve the desired result

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Key question: negative disturbing event

Framework element

Your description

Client Describe the client before the event

Disturbing event

Describe the negative event

Achieved/undesired result

Lowered result due to negative event

Desired result Add the client’s performance objective.

Key question How should respond to the negative disturbing event to achieve the desired result?

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Stakeholders

Disturbing event: text

Result gap• desired result: text• achieved result: text

Key question: text Solution constraints• Text• Text• Text

Decision criteria Text Text Text

Problem diagnosis Context for solution development

Stakeholder Interests Impact

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Problem statement

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One-level structure – 2 elements

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One-level structure – 3 elements

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One-level structure – 4 elements

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One-level structure – 5 elements

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One-level structure – 6 elements

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One-level structure – 7 elements

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Two-level structure – 2 elements (a)

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Two-level structure – 2 elements (b)

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Two-level structure – 2 elements (c)

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Two-level structure – 3 elements (a)

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Two-level structure – 3 elements (b)

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Two-level structure – 4 elements

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Two-level structure – 5 elements

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Two-level structure – 6 elements

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Two-level structure – 7 elements

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You should adopt solution Y to

close the result gap

You have a result gap

Result gap 1

Result gap ...

These are the causes of the gap

Cause 1

Cause 2

Therefore, you should adopt

solution Y

Action 1

Action ...

Why?

How?

Result gap 2

Cause …

Action 2

Therefore, you should consider

possible solutions

Possible solution

X

Possible solution

Y

Possible solution

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We have evaluated Y as the

best solution

Argument 1

Argument 2

Argument …

Why?

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