2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
LUBS5588M Management Consulting: Facts, Theories and Issues
30 creditsClass Size: 72
Module manager: Mark Butterick
Email: M.C.Butterick@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as an Elective
Module summary
The rise of management consultancy during the last two decades of the 20th century is one of the key success stories of the contemporary business world. Given the pervasiveness of consultants and their services in the contemporary economy as well as the problematic nature of their involvement (not to mention the significant rewards that this occupation offers to its members), it is therefore increasingly important that students come to terms with the history of consulting, and the structure of management consultancy as a specific market and occupation. This module will introduce these management consulting structures to you, both as potential future consultants and/or as purchasers of consulting services.Objectives
This module aims to develop students’ understanding of the history of the consulting industry, the key characteristics of the consultancy industry and its market It will also look at the important and at times problematic role of management consulting and consultants in contemporary business and societyLearning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- Critically assess the principal academic theories, dominant market practices and popular conceptions of management consulting and management consultants;
- Understand and critically evaluate the practitioner perspective on consulting
- Discuss how management consulting may affect business performance and survival;
- Evaluate the practical application of management consulting in various business settings
Skills outcomes
Transferable skills:
- Teamworking
- Negotiation
- Communication skills
- Commercial awareness
- Reflective Thinking
- Professional Development
Subject specific skills:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
- Analyse the rise of the consulting sector
- Analyse the role of different stakeholders in the consultancy relationship
- Evaluate the purpose, nature and effectiveness of different consulting interventions;
Syllabus
Indicative content:
- History and overview/profile of the sector
- Consultant-client relationships
- Consulting firms, their organization and management
- The ‘managing’ of management consultants (client side perspectives including procurement)
- The dark side of management consulting, (including ethical issues and consultancy)
The roles and responsibilities of the consultant
-consultant behaviours
-recruitment and management of consultants
-the importance of professional development
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lecture | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
Seminar | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
Private study hours | 280.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 20.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300.00 |
Private study
Students will be required to both prepare for the module and to undertake further research and study following the teaching period in order to complete their individual assignments.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Students’ progress will be monitored through their participation in seminars, and through a discussion (within seminars) of their plans for the assessed coursework. Feedback on the first piece of assessed coursework (a group presentation) essay) will help students to prepare for their coursework assessment.Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Essay | 3000 words | 70.00 |
Oral Presentation | 15 minute group presentation | 30.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 |
Students will work in groups on an assessed presentation throughout the duration of the module and will present in the final week of term. The final assessment will be a 3000 word coursework. The resit for this module will be 100% by 3,000 word coursework.
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