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The European handbook of management consultancy : strategic innovation - a European approach to management consultancy / European Innovation Programme (Project RA340 TER).

By: European Innovation Programme.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dublin : Oak Tree, 1995Description: xix, 754 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1860760465.Subject(s): Industrial management -- Europe | Business consultants -- Europe | Business planning -- Europe | Strategic planning -- Europe | Organizational change -- ManagementDDC classification: 658.46
Contents:
Introduction -- I. Overall orientation -- Strategic management -- New management concepts -- Management of change -- Process consultancy -- II. Diagnostic phase -- General strategic business analysis -- Information gathering -- Prioritisation of goals, issues and options -- Financial key ratio analysis -- Product/Market priorities -- Tools for operational analysis -- Problem-solving -- III. Strategies and action plans -- Establishing strategies and action plans -- The planning process, identification of measures, success factors -- Assessment of options using cost/benefit analysis -- Risk factors and risk assessment -- IV. Implementation -- Project implementation -- Critical success factors for the implementation of measures -- Specification of requirements -- Project planning -- V. General topics -- Financial management and accounting systems -- Project financing -- Marketing -- Integrated customer-based product development -- Production technology overview -- Organisation of the production process -- Human resources -- The need for competence-building -- Information technology -- Industrial co-operation/networking/clusters -- Purchasing.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.46 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00179467
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Compiled by the European Innovation Programme, a consortium of EU advisory bodies, this book is a guide to all aspects of management consultancy, advising on the link between new technologies and strategic planning for consultants throughout Europe. There is an overview of new management concepts; advice on how to conduct a diagnostic analysis of the organisation; key factors in developing a coherent strategy; practical measures for project implementation; and concise descriptions of the key functional areas, such as finance, marketing, operations, human resource management, information technology and product development. The book is sponsored by the European Commission and is aimed at the needs of small and medium sized countries in Europe.

Includes index.

Introduction -- I. Overall orientation -- Strategic management -- New management concepts -- Management of change -- Process consultancy -- II. Diagnostic phase -- General strategic business analysis -- Information gathering -- Prioritisation of goals, issues and options -- Financial key ratio analysis -- Product/Market priorities -- Tools for operational analysis -- Problem-solving -- III. Strategies and action plans -- Establishing strategies and action plans -- The planning process, identification of measures, success factors -- Assessment of options using cost/benefit analysis -- Risk factors and risk assessment -- IV. Implementation -- Project implementation -- Critical success factors for the implementation of measures -- Specification of requirements -- Project planning -- V. General topics -- Financial management and accounting systems -- Project financing -- Marketing -- Integrated customer-based product development -- Production technology overview -- Organisation of the production process -- Human resources -- The need for competence-building -- Information technology -- Industrial co-operation/networking/clusters -- Purchasing.

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