General Principles of Management Consulting: The strategy behind solving complex problems & communic

This book provides an overview of general principles of management consulting. You will learn how consultants operate, how to structure and solve complex problems, and how to effectively communicate your findings and recommendations. This book is deliberately short and goes directly to the core concepts.

In this book you will learn:

• What is management consulting
• The lifecycle of a consulting engagement
• The feedback process and consultant evaluation
• The Hypothesis-Driven Approach
• Core problem structuring & solving concepts such as MECE and the Issue Tree
• Business frameworks such as Profitability Analysis, Porter's 5 Forces, SWOT Analysis, Value Chain, and more
• How to prioritize recommendations
• How to effectively communicate to different audiences
• Strategies to build better presentations (e.g., storyline, deck structure, vertical & horizontal logic)