Consulting
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Consulting is providing advice in a particular area of expertise. This is not the same as customer service. Specific types of consulting include:
- Professional Engineering Various Disciplines
- Management consultingManagement consultingManagement consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
- Medical practice consultingMedical practice consultantsMedical Practice Consultants or Healthcare Management Consultants typically advise licensed healthcare providers and health-systems on business and administrative issues, but not clinical issues....
cf. Medical consulting - Biotechnology consultingBiotechnology consultingBiotechnology consulting refers to the practice of assisting organizations involved in research and commercialization of biotechnology in improving their methods and efficiency of production, and approaches to R&D. This assistance is usually provided in the form of specialized technological advice...
- Environmental consultingEnvironmental consultingEnvironmental consulting is often a form of compliance consulting, in which the consultant ensures that the client maintains an appropriate measure of compliance with environmental regulations...
- Faculty consultingFaculty consultingConsulting by faculty members is the use of scholarly expertise for the benefit of organizations outside the scholarly community in return for some sort of compensation....
- Franchise consultingFranchise consulting'Franchise consulting' traditionally meant the same consultant-to-client relationship as any other industry wherein the consultant charges a 'fee for services'. But, as of the late 1990's the term 'consultant' was adopted by franchise salesmen and brokers that began representing themselves as...
- Human resource consultingHuman resource consultingHuman resource consulting is an $18.4 billion industry that has emerged from management consulting, asclients' needs have become more complex and specialized, widening the gap between HR needs and work force capabilities, and thus accentuating the ability of HR management consulting firms to fill...
- Information technology consultingInformation technology consultingInformation technology consulting is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives...
- Performance consultingPerformance consultingPerformance consulting, sometimes referred to as high performance consulting, is a subdiscipline of consulting that seeks to understand and develop a holistic strategy to change performance; the results typically include changes in measurement strategy, education, staffing, and toolkits...
- Political consultingPolitical consultingPolitical consulting, beyond the self-evident definition of consulting in political matters, refers to a specific management consulting industry which has grown up around advising and assisting political campaigns. This article deals primarily with the development and nature of political consulting...
- Supply chain consultingSupply chain consultingSupply Chain Consulting is the management discipline of providing informed impartial advice to business enterprises in relation to improving the performance of the supply chains.Areas of review would include:* Sales and Operations Planning...
- Trial consultingTrial consultingTrial consulting is the use of social scientists, particularly psychologists and communication experts and economists, to aid attorneys in the presentation of a criminal trial or civil lawsuit...
See also
- Consultant (disambiguation)Consultant (disambiguation)Consultant may refer to one of the following:*Consultant, a professional who provides advice in a particular area of expertise*Public consultation, an often legally required process by which the public or affected parties may comment on major projects...
- Consultants
- List of management consulting firms