2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5762M Management Consulting

10 creditsClass Size: 100

Module manager: Chris Forde
Email: C.J.Forde@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

This module aims to provide students with the necessary theoretical and empirical framework for the study of management consulting, as a specific activity and management consultancy as a type of business. Specifically, the module aims to explore the key characteristics of the consultancy industry and of its market; the role of management consulting and consultants in contemporary business and society; and the challenges in organising and managing management consultancy firms.

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Explain the principal academic theories, dominant market practices and popular conceptions of management consulting and management consultants and identify a range of key consulting methodologies, skills, and services
- Illustrate how management consulting may affect business performance and survival
- Recognise the distinctive challenges of organising and managing management consultancy firms
- Evaluate the practical application of management consulting in various business settings
- Produce key consulting documentation and draw up a project specification in negotiation with 'clients'
- Relate the course material to their own work experience

Skills outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
Transferable
- Apply effectively in differing contexts cognitive skills of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis
- Perform effectively within a team environment
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing

Subject Specific
- Deploy the skill set required to present consultancy solutions, orally, in a sale-pitch scenario, and in writing in an associated executive report

Syllabus

Indicative content
The module studies management consultancy through;
The history and overview/profile of the sector
Consultant-client relationships
Consulting firms, their organisation and management
The 'managing' of management consultants (client side perspectives, including procurement)
Project management and change management skills
Types of consulting roles and projects, for example: IT, organisation development and strategy.
The dark side of management consulting

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	3	8.00	24.00
Private study hours			76.00
Total Contact hours			24.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

Pre Reading - 24 hours
Students will be required to undertake further research and study following the teaching period in order to complete their individual assignments

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Feedback on learning is provided through a number of discussion groups that have been organised during the three days of the module as well as through the generous amount of discussion time at the end of each speaker presentation. Students will be expected to pose questions and comment on the presentations and on their own reading of the literature during the discussions.

Students will receive written feedback on assignments after submission.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Project	2,500 word individual project proposal focusing on a real life case or problem in management consulting.	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The module will be assessed (100%) by an individual project proposal focusing on a real life case or problem in management consulting. Maximum length will be 2,500 words.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 16/09/2016

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