How to Use a Consultant in Your Company
John J. McGonagle
- 10 juli 2001
- 9780471387275
Samenvatting:
This book is based on the author's previous work entitled Managing the Consultant: A Corporate Guide. Incorporating more than 50% new material, this book emphasizes the management aspects of the consultant.
Obtain the Best Consulting Services for Your Business
In this chaotic age of new technologies, downsizing, and reengineering, managers and executives are relying more and more on the consultant. Hiring the right consultants for your company and making effective use of them is a vital skill, and yet there has been a lack of guidance on this topicuntil now.
How to Use a Consultant in Your Company delivers expert advice and practical guidelines on how to successfully create and manage the client/consultant relationshipto your advantage. John McGonagle and Carolyn Vella provide up-to-the-minute information on:
- Defining your consulting needs
- Finding and selecting the right consultants
- Managing the paper trailcorporate policies, contracting issues
- Working with an individual consultant or an entire firm
- Handling disputes, lawsuits, and complaints
- Evaluating consultants
Including forms and other materials for help in developing formal policies, billing procedures, and more that you can adapt to fit your own situation, How to Use a Consultant in Your Company is the one-book-fits-all solution for anyone responsible for getting the most out of their companys consultant.
Obtain the Best Consulting Services for Your Business
In this chaotic age of new technologies, downsizing, andreengineering, managers and executives are relying more and more onthe consultant. Hiring the right consultants for your company andmaking effective use of them is a vital skill, and yet there hasbeen a lack of guidance on this topic-until now.
How to Use a Consultant in Your Company delivers expert advice andpractical guidelines on how to successfully create and manage theclient/consultant relationship-to your advantage. John McGonagleand Carolyn Vella provide up-to-the-minute information on:
* Defining your consulting needs
* Finding and selecting the right consultants
* Managing the paper trail-corporate policies, contractingissues
* Working with an individual consultant or an entire firm
* Handling disputes, lawsuits, and complaints
* Evaluating consultants
Including forms and other materials for help in developing formalpolicies, billing procedures, and more that you can adapt to fityour own situation, How to Use a Consultant in Your Company is theone-book-fits-all solution for anyone responsible for getting themost out of their company's consultant.