Essays on Consulting

Expanding businesses face an array of obstacles they must overcome to optimize their chance of success. Growth is one of many major barriers for fast-food restaurants, because with greater operational capacity comes greater expenses, upkeep, and uniformity. Restaurants strive to obtain operational efficiency to keep their doors open and remain in business. If restaurants cannot…

You are the newly hired consultant for Big Foot Consulting and have been assigned to the New Balance account. New Balance wants some new thinking about where and how to profitably grow. Use the product/market expansion grid to give New Balance some new strategy ideas. Explain what each quadrant represents and give a suggested strategy…

Executive Summary Infosys Technologies is a billion dollar company with over 58,000 worldwide and is rated as the Best Employer in India. In 2008 the Indian company had a successful turnover of more than $4 billion. Infosys operates in a number of business ventures ranging from banking to retail, and its services tend to encompass…

One of the most important things for me is applying my knowledge and skills. I feel really confident in the subject matter I studied and realize that it is now time for my knowledge to be applied to real business world. Following my motto stated above I am passionate about work that I think I…

Consulting Project Assignment Electronic Arts (EAI) is a multi-billion dollar company that develops, markets, and publishes video games. It has been recognized for its innovativeness and its aggressive acquisition strategy (buying smaller development studios and then re-shaping them to fit into the corporate frame). It is also well known for its outrageous employment policies employees…

Abstract The article aims at giving a brief historic view of the Information technology consulting industry, how it evolved, the key success drivers and the sources providing it a competitive advantage in today’s global market.     Information technology (IT) consulting roots from way back in 1980s with the massive client base of management consulting firms getting more demanding…

Goal of the Report This report aims at finding out the current status of the news publishing industry and the constant threat it is facing from the internet readership. This report offers an in-depth analysis of the current readership and the changes the industry is going through with the case of Chronicle Gazette, a news…

Service quality in Consulting: What is engagement success? By Ron McLachlin (2000) Table of Contents Introduction3 Research Question3 Method3 Findings3 Conclusion4 Recommendations4 Limitations4 References5 Introduction The success of a consulting engagement is a vague idea as it may vary depending on whether it is viewed from the perspective of the client or the consultant. Hence,…

Acquisition is a continual process, not an event (Carpenter & Sanders, 2007). It seemed to be a win-win situation when Watkins International acquired Brownloaf MacTaggart (BM), which until the acquisition in 1988 had been a prestigious small consultancy practice. However, a series of organizational problems arose after BM became one division of the international corporate…

Abstract Arcadia Group Ltd. is one of the UK’s leading clothing specialists.  Having been founded more than 100 years ago by entrepreneur Montague Burton, one of the forefathers of modern retailing, Arcadia Group Ltd. faces the challenges of selling its products to buyers all over the world while at the same time securing steady growth…