The objective of the course is to allow the student to deeply know and experiment some models, tools and methods, typically used by management consultants. The program articulates as it follows: 1. Management consulting: conceptual delimitation and typical areas of intervention, 2. The relationship between the client and the consultant, 3. Tools and methods for financial consulting, 4. The Enterprise Due Diligence.
BOOK: Ciampi F. (2017), How management conulting creates knowledge. Perspectives of convergence between science and consulting. Firenze University Press, Florence.
Learning Objectives
KNOWLEDGE: Physiology and typical contents of management consulting. Physiology of the management consultant ‹› client company relationship. Insights into specific consulting problems and tools.
COMPETENCIES: Knowing how to adress and manage complex (managerial and strategic) business problems . Knowing how to manage the management consultant ‹› client company relationship.
SKILLS: Knowing how to face and solve complex (managerial and strategic) top management problems. Knowing how to leverage the management consultant ‹› client company relationship for value creation.
Prerequisites
None.
Teaching Methods
In presence lessons, unless necessity (due to a deterioration of the Covid 19 pandemic) demands to shift to distance lessons - 48 hours.
Type of Assessment
Learning verification takes place through an oral exam. This exam is aimed at verifying: 1) the knowledge acquired in relation to the concepts, models and tools object of the course; 2) the following skills developed by the student: ability to apply the knowledge acquired, ability to draw conclusions, ability to communicate and use an adequate language, ability to understand and learning.
Course program
The objective of the course is to allow the student to deeply know and experiment some models, tools and methods, typically used by management consultants. The program articulates as it follows: 1. Management consulting: conceptual delimitation and typical areas of intervention, 2. The relationship between the client and the consultant, 3. Tools and methods for financial consulting, 4. The Enterprise Due Diligence.