Discovery

Sieata R.M. FlaggsDuhart

Change-Manaegement.com surmises that

Business Consultants play a unique role in
driving successful change in organizations
Conclusion
across the globe.

Conversely, the overall importance of a

Not only do they support the specific solution

Business Consultant
to ensure
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them to learn new business strategies
implementation. (http://www.changeon how to sustain a competitive edge
management.com/).

within their perspective industries in a

timely manner. Most importantly,
Effective
business
consultingprovide
practices
falls
Business
Consultants
expert
into five categories:
advice to organizations who seek
1. immediate
Discovery resolutions to challenges
and externally.
Their
expert
2. internally
Situation Analysis
and Solution
Phase
helps to facilitate and devise
3. advice
Planning
systems that will enhance resourceful
4. Implementation
methodologies and processes that
5. Measurement
encourages long term organization
growth within the confines of a thriving
organizational structure.

Consulting Theory And

Practice
Dr. Patricia McDonald
March 1, 2015

As characterized by Interim Dean, Stephen A.

Stumpf, Ph.D., Villanova School of Business,
Villanova University states that the Discovery
Phase of Business Consulting is the segment
whereby organizational intelligence gathered
by key staff management officials, line leveled
employees, investors, as well as stakeholders
to best determine the specific business needs
of an organization leading to processes that
will aid in long term organizational
development and growth. (Stephen A.Stumpf,
1999).

Situational Analysis
In definition, the Analysis and Solution Phase is
What Is The Importance
the practice or process used in business
consulting
ensures that
any solution
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Having
A Business
developed meets the defined needs for project
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success after the implementation phase.

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Sieata R.M. Flaggs-Duhart

Consulting Theory And

Practice
Dr. Patricia McDonald
March 1, 2015

2011) that purports continued organizational

growth and development.

Implementation

Planning

For example, let us examine the importance of

the Analysis and Solution Phase from the
vantage point of the Business Analyst, because
in many regards this is the initial phase
whereby the specialist uses objective data in
identifying the organizations concerns so that
they will essentially remain solved (Block,

Yet, the Implementation Stage is another key

concept in the business consultant process
because this is the phase where there
organization must understand fully their
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats, (SWOT) which is an important
exercise to enable a business in increasing
their marketplace significance with strategic
tactics that is designed to maximize
operational success.

Measurement
Nonetheless, all competitive businesses should
construct and design a performance
measurement process system that would be
used to identify and locate the inner
problematical areas that will inhibit current and
future organizational growth. Conversely, these
measurable
goals can be done so by extensive data
collection and detailed feedback to ensure that
they implementation phase is effectively
monitored for logistical growth beyond.