Consultants and Advisors

A best practice guide to choosing using and getting good practice.

By: Harold Lewis

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Product code: 23563
ISBN: 0749446390
256 pages
Format: Pb
Published by: Kogan Page, 2006, 1st edition

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Description of Consultants and Advisors

Everyone in business will at some time or other need professional help. Choosing & Using Consultants & Advisers is a practical guide to help businesses, organizations and individuals make the best use of consultants and advisers, and get the best value from the experts they hire. Distilling the author's in-depth experience of both sides of the business relationship, it offers a wealth of inside information that clients cannot usually obtain.

It shows you how to:

- identify the need for professional advice;
- understand how consultants and advisers operate and how they charge;
- define your requirements and specify the job to be done;
- select the consultants that are right for you;
- go out to tender;
- draw up contracts;
- keep track of the work;
- deal effectively with problems;
- develop successful working and partnering relationships

As well as numerous examples and checklists, Choosing & Using Consultants & Advisers includes case studies of good and bad practice and personal viewpoints from various professional and business sectors. Essential reading if you are involved in a new business, the practical advice it contains will also be of value to established firms.

Authobiography of Harold Lewis

Harold Lewis is an independent consultant with more than 30 years' professional experience as a specialist proposal writer, technical editor and trainer. He is a leading authority on the development and writing of competitive tenders for professional services contacts and consultancy assignments. His extensive experience includes preparing successful bids for projects funded by agencies, government departments, local authorities, research bodies and corporate organizations in the private sector.