Strategy Consultants Approach Dec.

As a manager or consultant you will spend much of your working time on finding solutions to complex and/or strategic business problems. This two-day programme will boost your effectiveness in this area by exposing you to a variety of best practice methods and techniques, developed by the top global management consulting firms, which you can apply to your own work situation.

This three day programme will boost your effectiveness in finding solutions to complex and/or strategic business problems by exposing you to a variety of best practice methods and techniques, developed by the top global management consulting firms.

You will cover the identification of problems, through to planning, communication, and successful implementation of solutions. During the programme you will identify your own project to implement: a follow up session will be scheduled 2-3 months later to evaluate this and address any issues encountered.

WHO IS THIS PROGRAMME FOR?
• Managers responsible for policy making
• Strategic planning / corporate development staff
• Internal consultants
• External consultants

PROGRAMME CONTENT

The programme consists of 3 days. See here for more information.

Each session will be highly interactive comprising of a lecture on case based methods and techniques, an in-class exercise, breakout sessions with participants working in small groups on their own real world cases, and presentation and discussion on the solutions.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Dates: 3-4 December 2012, 1 February 2013
Location: Rotterdam School of Management,
Erasmus University
Tuition fee: €2,400 excl. VAT (includes learning materials, lunches, excludes hotel)
Tel.: +31 10 408 9534

REGISTRATION
Register for the 'Strategy Consultants' Approach' on this page. There are limited places available.

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About James Parker
James Parker is a Partner at Parma Consulting Group, and has more than 20 years experience in consulting. He worked for McKinsey & Company in North America, UK and the Netherlands, was a founding partner of Mitchell Madison Group, and Managing Partner of Boer & Croon Corporate Strategy.

About Marc Baaij
Marc Baaij is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam (RSM). He is the academic director of RSM's Executive Master in Management Consultancy. He was a strategy consultant and research manager of the Dutch office of the Boston Consulting Group. He also worked for IBM in the Netherlands. Marc is the author of ‘The Consultancy Method: From Problem to Solution’ (2011, currently in Dutch only) and co-author of ‘The Craft of Strategy Formation: Translating Business Issues into Actionable Strategies’ (2007).