Case Study Of Bain & Company

When working with case two and three focused on the human and the political perspective of management consulting, respectively, the value of identifying the power base and understanding the patterns of dependence and interdependence within the client organization became evident. Case three particularly called for an understanding of the political and human factors, since the presentation was intended for the actual client and not for the consulting mentor as was the case in the second assignment.

Those who request these services would be less concerned about the process, caring only about the outcome. The assumption based on this initiative is that “the wisdom of crowds” will come up with optimised ideas for the challenges. Furthermore, clients who are considered as conservative will have a tendency to solve the business problems with internationally well-recognised business consulting companies as they can work collaboratively. They provide more systematic ways of solving problems and can work interactively with the companies as their group of employees will work for the company with well-trained and qualified human labours while it costs more. This may result a high level of client satisfaction rate. Furthermore, there is the likelihood that large sized

The Rose Company is building a new plant to reduce cost, improve the quality of products, and maintain competitive leadership by gaining a slight production advantage. The main obstacles to be overcome are the commissioning of a new plant, new methods and process, and administrative reporting issues. As the newly hired General Plant Manager, I plan to resolve these issues by insisting that all plant communications flow through me, instituting training for plant personnel and setting operational expectations.

strength and position in the market as an “implementation” consulting firm. The firm’s ability to

Strategy is a set of complicated tactics formulated by the executives of a company directed towards the achievement of company’s goal (Salmela, 2002). It is about all the path ways that a company would follow to reach its ultimate goal. It is a company’s strategy which helps to identify what it does better than the other companies in the industries, which may be different from what it does best. For successful strategy formulation and implementation, a company should know the needs of customers and should have knowledge of its competitors. Through a good strategy a company would identify that opportunity which makes it different from the others (Thompson, 2005).

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Organizational metaphors help researchers to shape concepts of behaviors, management, and structure in a simple and easy for the perception image. Organizational theorists broadly utilize this tool to classify different types of companies in the contemporary world and to reflect their evolution throughout the history of organizational development. The metaphors of machine and organism have been used most frequently to facilitate understanding and communication about the complex phenomenon of organization (Smircich, p. 340).

As an international institution dedicated to providing its customers with excellent service and knowledge with a strong focus on obtaining results, and a reputation for having a cohesive and cooperative working culture, Bain & Company Canada Inc is a very attractive potential employer for a summer internship. I believe that I would be a strong asset due to my recent educational background, my problem solving, communication abilities, and my teamwork and interpersonal skills.

This paper discusses the creation of "Just in Time Consulting" and explains the types of services the firm offers to clients. It also explains the roles/responsibilities of each member of the team, and analyzes which University of Phoenix courses helped in the creation of the consulting firm.

Strategy formulation has been acknowledged as one of the most crucial factors of ensuring the long-term growth of the business. However, the manner in which strategy is formulated, and most importantly, the nature of the strategy chosen for the company determines its future position in the marketplace (Grant, 2005).

Consulting covers an extremely broad range of topics, businesses, clients and fields. However, Bremmer has somewhat of a bias towards writing this article; he is a consultant trying to sell his services to others by making these “new rules” seem more complicated than they truly are.

The organization design in place at McKinsey was general in nature. The consultants were to be well trained, highly intelligent, disciplined analyst. Though the employees were good problem solvers, they often lacked knowledge concerning the industry, which was demanded by the clients. McKinsey operated under a

After Square Inc. CEO, Jack Dorsey, conducted its annual performance review for its 800 employees he sent an e-mail to its employees to review his performance by submitting anonymous comments. The next day he received more than 500 comments and the overall consensus was that he needed to focus more on the company. Square is no longer the fast growing start-up that intended to disrupt the payments processing industry. The start-up company developed top tier software and a magnetic reader that allows devices to receive payments from major credit card companies converting any mobile device on a point of sale (POS). The company also launched the wallet app that allows users to link their bank accounts with their mobile devices and make purchases online. It is estimated that by the end of 2013 investors had poured around $340 million into the company, which is valued at around $5 billion.

Deloitte Consulting is one of the largest and most diversified consulting services operating in the United States and major metropolitan centers globally. Deloitte's mission statement is to assist is clients and employees excel (Sidney, 2010). Audit & Enterprise Risk Management Services, Financial Advisory Services, Tax, Deloitte Growth Enterprise Services in addition to fourteen other services comprise the company's portfolio (Sidney, 2010). Deloitte is a world leader in enterprise tax management, risk management and regulatory compliance, in addition to strategic planning for operations, technology adoption and human resources as well. Deloitte is also adept at managing outsourcing consulting across its many business units, a core competency that has given the company formidable competitive depth relative to competitors including Accenture, KPMG, McKinsey & Company and PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PWC). In the last decade Deloitte has practices in twenty different industries, ranging from aerospace and defense, automotive and banking & securities to Oil & Gas, retail and distribution, technology and travel, hospitality and leisure (Sidney, 2010). Deloitte relies on its partners in each of these practice areas to coordinate business-based and technology-related solutions to customers' problems. Often this includes the coordination of large scale project teams where there is the need for extensive cross-functional expertise to solve a

This report will be based on my career option, which will be the career choice as a Management Consultant. After starting my designated Management degree I started to read about and take an interest in the career path as Management Consultant, I am more interested in the Strategy side to the role, as there are many different types of Management Consultants. I mostly read about the role online and I would also talk to my cousin who is a Management consultant for Ernst & Young. I shall compare management consulting to strategy consulting within the report. A Management Consultant is a consultant that is employed to resolves issues within a company and to maximize profits and to create more value within the firm. As a Management Consultant you do not to the same type of job that often, the consultant usually spends up to 6 months within a company and then moves on to another firm, which will have different issues, compared to the previous firm and at the end of working for the firm you have to write a full report on any recommendations.