Management consulting is the practice of helping organizations to improve their performance, operating primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and the development of plans for improvement.

Consultancies may also provide organizational change management assistance, development of coaching skills, process analysis, technology implementation, strategy development, or operational improvement services.

Specialization

Management consulting refers generally to the provision of business services.

• Sole proprietorship
• Partnership
• Corporation
• Franchises

United Kingdom

In the UK, the use of external management consultants within government has sometimes been contentious due to perceptions of variable value for money.

New Zealand

In New Zealand the government has historically had a greater role in providing some infrastructure and services than in some other countries.

Australia

In 1988, the newly elected Greiner State Government commissioned a report into the State Rail Authority by Booz Allen Hamilton.