This course engages students with advanced themes and methods in management consultancy, both in theory and in practice. We will take a critical approach to understand how theory influences practice and how our perceptions of management consultancy evolve over time and circumstance. Students will examine management consultancy in terms of specific cultural, international and organizational elements given specific consulting frameworks.
Code
BA5019
Name
CONSULTING METHODS
Credits
2
Pre-requisites
Major=MSc: International Management OR Major=MSc: Int'l Mgmt (NGO & Mission-Based Track) OR Major=MSc: Int'l Mgmt (Sustainability Systems Track)
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
BA (Business)
Level
Graduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
4439
Last update with CAMS
Evaluate conventional and critical approaches and frameworks of management consultancy in business practices and explore how they influence our current management perceptions.
Demonstrate problem-solving in an organizational context, including information gathering, data analysis, research methods, implementation and evaluation.
Analyze complex (“wicked”) management problems, where uncertainty is present, and significant disagreement about the strategies and policies to be taken.
To apply mainstream and critical management theories and methodologies and apply them in case studies and a live-client consulting project.
Demonstrate practical experience in dealing with management consultancy issues with a high standard of professional and personal ethics.
Term Code Name
Spring 2021 BA5019 CONSULTING METHODS