Consulting Organizations and Associations
Consultants' Mall
http://www.consultants-mall.com
A source for finding services provided by consulting firms and independent specialists.
Consultingcentral.com
http://www.consultingcentral.com
General Information on consulting and consulting companies.
Prosavvy
http://www.prosavvy.com/
Helps business professionals find consultants and obtain competitive bids.
International Guild of Professional Consultants
http://www.igpc.org
An international interdisciplinary organization serving professional consultants in every area of specialization.
Society of Professional Consultants
http://www.spconsultants.org
A New England based non-profit association of independent consultants.
For other consulting organizations, see Associations Unlimited [About] .
Books on Consulting
BU Library Online Catalog
For books that circulate, use the subject term: "Business Consultants."
Selected titles are listed below. All of these books, except the one noted On Reserve, are located in the Pardee Library stacks, either on the 2nd or on the 4th floor. To determine the location, see the Pardee Library Maps.
The Art and Practice of Leadership Consulting: 50 Top Executive Coaches Reveal Their Secrets, Pardee HD57.5 A77 2005
Business Plan Guide for Independent Consultants
Pardee HD69 C6 H6185 1994 and
Pardee Reserve HD 69 C6 H6185 1994, computer disc.
The Consultant's Quick Start Guide: An Action Plan for Your First Year in Business
Pardee HD69 C6 B5343 2001
Flawless Consulting : A Guide to Getting your Expertise Used
Pardee HD 69 C6 B57 2000
House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time, Pardee HD69 C6 K515 2005
How to Succeed as an Independent Consultant
Pardee HD69 C6 H63 2004
Inside the Minds: Leading Consultants: Industry Leaders Share Their Knowledge on the Art of Consulting
Pardee HD69.C6 I57 2002
Management Consulting, A complete Guide to the Industry
Pardee HD69.C6 B537 2002
Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession
Pardee HD69 .C6 M36 2002
The McKinsey Mind: Understanding and Implementing the Problem-Solving Tools and Management Techniques of the World's Top Strategic Consulting Firm
Pardee HD 69.C6 R376 2002
The McKinsey way : using the techniques of the world's top strategic consultants to help you and your business
Pardee HD69.C6 R38 1999
The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century, Pardee HD69 C6 M395 2006
Company Directories and Information
Reference USA [About]
Contains information on over 10 million businesses and organizations in the United States. The database can be searched by geographic area, SIC code, industry or product names, headquarters, location, employee size, and estimated sales.
Sample SIC codes and yellow pages headings:
8742-01 Business Management Consultants
8299-11 Management Training
8742-22 Human Resources Consultants
8741-30 Management Services
Consultants News Career Guide to the Top Consulting
Firms
Pardee Reference -
Career Resources, Table 2, Consulting
X HD 69 C6 C66 2000
D & B Consultants Directory
Pardee Reference - Career Resources, Table 2, Consulting
X HD 69 C6 D86 2008
Vault Guide to the Top 50 Management and Strategy
Consulting Firms
Pardee Reference - Career Resources, Table 2, Consulting
X HD 69 C6 V37 2004
Includes an overview of the consulting industry and "prestige rankings for the consulting industry"
based on a survey of more than 1,000 practicing consultants. A brief, up-to-date list is located at Vault.com.
see also:
Vault Premium Employer Profiles
Available through the Vault Online Career Library [About] at the Career Services web site. Scroll down and select Vault Access under Quick Links. Available to SMG majors, minors and alums only.
WetFeet Insider Guide to the Top 25 Consulting
Firms
Pardee Reference - Career Resources, Table 2 , Consulting
X HD 69 C6 W48 2003
see also:
WetFeet.com Insider Guides:
All located in the Pardee Library Stacks
Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) - X HD 69 C6 A22 2004
Bain and Company-
X HD 69 C6 B353 2003
Boston Consulting Group-
X HD 69 C6 B67 2003
Booz-Allen & Hamilton -
X HD 69 C6 B66 2004
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young-
X HD 69 C6 C37 2000
Deloitte Consulting- X HD 69 C6 D36 2004
KPMG Consulting-
X HD 69 C6 K7 2000
McKinsey & Co.-
X HD 69 C6 M385 2004
For more Company Information see "Pre-Interview Research" in Databases by Subject: Careers, and News in this guide.
Industry Overview & the Profession
Careers in Management Consulting
Pardee Reference - Career Resources, Table 2, Consulting
X HD 69 C6 C38 2001
Consulting Magazine
Pardee Library Reserve
A monthly magazine focusing on consulting as a career
and on the consulting business.
Harvard Business School Career Guide :
Management Consulting
Pardee Reference - Career Resources, Table 2, Consulting
X HD 69 C6 M357
Investext Plus [About]
Provides text of brokerage and investment research
reports on industries and companies. In the Keyword
Search box, enter "consulting" or enter a
consulting company name in the Company Search box.
Hoover's.com
http://www.hoovers.com
Search for "Consulting" or "Management
Consulting" in "Companies and Industries".
Includes information on consulting companies.
The Vault
Online Career Library [About]
is available through the School of Management's
Feld Career Center. Scroll down and select Vault Access
under Quick Links. Available to SMG majors, minors and
alums only.
See "Consulting" section under "Industries".
Provides information on consulting companies, interviewing
for consulting positions, job openings in consulting,
and more. Vault.com also includes career advice and
descriptions of publications on careers, companies,
and industries.
WetFeet.com
http://www.wetfeet.com
See "Consulting" under "Industries" and "Careers".
Provides information on consulting as a career, consulting
companies, salary information, interviews with consulting
company recruiters, and more. WetFeet also includes
descriptions of WetFeet career publications.
Interviewing for Consulting
Positions
The Vault Online Career Library [About] is available through the School of Management's Feld Career Center. Scroll down and select Vault Access under Quick Links. Available to SMG majors, minors and alums only.
See "Consulting" section under "Industries". Provides information on consulting companies, interviewing for consulting positions, job openings in consulting, and more. Vault.com also includes career advice and descriptions of publications on careers, companies, and industries.
Selected titles below located in Pardee Reference -Career
Resources
Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation
X HD69 C6 C687 2005 (Table 2, Interviewing)
Ace Your Case ! The WetFeet Insider
Guide to Consulting Interviews
X HD 69 C6 A24 2003 (Table 2, Interviewing)
Includes a description of five categories of consulting
cases.
Circulating Wetfeet Guides - Career Resources (Table 2, Job Search)
Ace Your Case II: Fifteen More Consulting Cases
X HD 69 C6 A25 2003
A companion volume to Ace Your Case; presents
more detailed explanations about different case types
and more sample questions.
Ace Your Case III: Practice Makes Perfect
X HD 69 C6 A26 2003
Ace Your Case IV: The Latest and Greatest
X HD 69 C6 A27 2003
News - Magazine & Journal Articles
Consulting Magazine
Pardee Library Reserve
A monthly magazine focusing on consulting as a career
and on the consulting business.
ABI/INFORM
Global [About]
Covers over 1,500 publications including general business
magazines and leading industry-specific trade journals.
Enter the terms: "Management Consultants", or "Consulting
Firms", or "Consultants". For articles on a specific
company, enter the name of the company; in "Advanced
Search," enter the company name and highlight "Company"
in the field option.
Business Source Complete [About]
Indexes, abstracts, and provides full text of business
publications, scholarly publications and peer-reviewed
journals. It covers over 8,000 journals with full text
for over 4,000 of these titles. Enter search terms such
as the following: "Consulting Firms" and "Consultants."
For articles on a specific company, enter the company
name and select "Company Entity."
Factiva [About] Works best with Firefox.
Provides articles from vast numbers of business and trade publications.
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