• ISBN13: 9788132107576
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Business Management
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: SAGERespon
• Publication Date: January 1, 2012
• Pages: 504
• Original Price: INR 1095.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 644 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Management

Management Consulting industry is growing rapidly in India. There is a strong need among consulting professionals for sharing cross-functional and emerging-sector experience. Case studies from business schools fulfill this need partly, but small and individual consultants need more access to experiential learning. This book is designed to fulfill this need as well as to serve as a core reading in the curriculum of business schools. Leading consultants from India share their experiences in these areas of Management Consulting: o Strategic Marketing, o International Marketing, o Brand Management, o Human Resource Development, o Executive Search, o Mergers and Acquisitions, o Project Finance, o E-Governance, o Corporate Governance, o Institution Building, and more. This book would also be useful as training material for individual and small consultants who come from varied backgrounds. Larger Indian as well as international corporations would also find these experiences helpful in getting assignments and in their actual implementation in the local Indian conditions.

U K Srivastava is founder of P.S. Management Consultants, Ahmedabad, and Chairman of P.S. Software Services Pvt Ltd. He is also Vice-President, Institute of Management Consultants of India (IMCI). Apart from a long stint at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), he has also been founder and Honorary Director, National Institute of Cooperative Management, Gandhinagar, India. He has authored several books and journal articles in refereed professional journals. His list of consultancy clients includes the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, NORAD, the Commonwealth Secretariat, several ministries of the Government of India, the Government of Gujarat, the Government of Madhya Pradesh, the Government of Uttar Pradesh, and a large number of reputed Indian companies and organizations. He has also undertaken consultancy assignments in Bhutan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Burma, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Pramila Srivastava is Chief Executive, P.S. Management Consultants, and Executive Director, P.S. Software Services Pvt Ltd. Her specializations include decision support systems and financial analysis. She has been involved extensively in preparing management control and information systems and growth strategies for several organizations. She is also engaged in the improvement of teaching methods at primary and secondary school levels.