CONSULTANCY REVIEW

By Richard
 CONSULTANCY REVIEW INTRODUCTION
• Consultancy is inseparable with reading, writing and presenting. These tasks keep on
repeating until the accepted document at a certain level of perfection is obtained, shared and
finally submitted to the required authority. This is because, the consultancy document
whether proposal, report and or presentation has to be as error free as possible thus, the
essence of consultancy review exercise emerges.
 MEANING
• The consultancy review exercise is the process whereby the consultant examines,
investigate, inspect and or look over again on reports, literatures, processes and problems
related to current or future consultancy assignment for the purpose of familiarizing with
consultancy issues.
 AIMS OF REVIEWING EXERCISE
• To update consultants’ skills relevant to clients’ issue
• To understand a client’s problem in depth
• To meet clients’ requirements as seen in TOR
• To memorialize critical details for sharing with clients
• To reflect on new solutions based on others’ experiences
 CONTENTS FOR REVIEWING EXERCISE
• Organizational reports
• Industry reports
• Research reports and articles
• Strategic plans
• Books
• Similar consultancy reports by other consultants
• Terms of reference
• Other organizational plans if necessary
• Organizational policies
• Online contents from specialized websites
 WHEN IS REVIEWING EXERCISE CONDUCTED?
• Before starting a consulting assignment
• During consultancy assignment
• After consulting assignment
 RELEVANCE OF REVIEWING EXERCISE

• Presents a consultant as a professional who knows what he does

• Enable a consultant to avoid obsolesce
• Offers wider understanding of the problems at hand
• Simplify reaching to possible solutions
• Useful in fitting into clients’ requirements
 AREAS OF CONCENTRATION DURING REVIEW
EXERCISE
• Organizational structure
• Sales strategy
• Production process
• Human resource management process
• Information technology applications
• Financial management processes
• Internal and external policies adherence
• Corporate responsibility and branding
• Management and leadership styles