Evaluating consulting proposals: The planner's role

Abstract

Corporations spend more than $3 billion a year on management consultants. While they state publicly that, “the impartiality and expertise of the consultants proved to be very helpful,” privately, their comments tend to be very different: “The consultants were expensive and told us nothing we didn't already know.” “We hired consultants for their expertise and they sent us green MBAs.”

Citation

Roekard, K.G.R. (1984), "Evaluating consulting proposals: The planner's role", Planning Review, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 32-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054046