[...]... no such thing as the business consultant who could be described in a nutshell The variety of management consulting tasks is better understandable when studying the list of traditional consulting tasks below: External trade consulting, controlling, communication consulting, marketing, information management, outplacement consulting, human resource management, management consulting, project management, ... materials management, but also data linking in companies and organizations of any size Projects to expand business activities via the Internet, socalled e-Business, play an increasingly important role The fourth classic consulting area, Human- Resource- Management (HRM), is with a share of 11.5% of the total turnover in this industry in 2004 the smallest consulting area in Germany The range of services within... questions regarding the intention and effectiveness of training in consultancies Is the training aimed at delivering knowledge or at developing skills? And is the training more effective when delivered in a group or to an individual? (Hunter 1999) Team work is the main production form in the consulting industry Usually teams are mixed with consultants working together with customers The human capital... Accounting Services: Information Systems Assurance and Business Consulting Journal of Information Systems 15 (2), pp.99-125 Appendices I, II, III and IV The Role of Human Resource Management in Consulting Firms 21 Appendix I The Top 25 Management Consulting Firms in Germany, Ranked by Number of Employees Rank 2004 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Name McKinsey & Company Inc... research, namely the issue of knowledge management in consulting companies (Mohe 2004; Engwall and Kipping 2002) Although there is widespread interest in different topics with regard to consulting, and personnel has been defined as the most important resource within this field of industry, only few contributions deal with the issue of human resource management in consulting firms One possible explanation for... the management Change Agent / Strategic Partner Administrative Expert Employee Champion Fig 1.2 A Framework for Analyzing HRM in Consulting Firms Based on the above mentioned framework we run an integrative review within the literature on HRM in consulting firms with the purpose of answering the following questions: Which specific aspects of the HRM roles in consulting firms are discussed within the... Developing Human Resource Consultants at Andersen Consulting Human Resource Management 38 (2), pp.147-155 Ibarra H (2000) Beratungsfirmen: Partner werden, das ist schwer Harvard Business Manager (5), pp.78-92 Kubr M (2002) Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession International Labour Office, Geneva, 4th Edition Langer S (1998) Compensation and Benefits in Consulting Firms Journal of Management Consulting. .. The Role of Human Resource Management in Consulting Firms 23 Appendix III The Top 25 IT Consulting Firms in Germany, Ranked by Number of Employees Rank 2004 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Name IBM Business Consulting Services Lufthansa Systems Group GmbH Accenture GmbH CSC Ploenzke AG gedas AG CapGemini Deutschland Holding GmbH BearingPoint GmbH Atos Origin GmbH SAP... existing “war for talents”, two specific aspects with respect to consulting firms appear First, growth in the consulting industry can be achieved only by increasing the number of consultants In this context consulting firms compete among each other, but also with other dynamic and forwardlooking sectors (Barkawi 2004; Kubr 2002) The second aspect concerns the relevant labor market As consulting firms. .. 1.3 depicts the signaling effects resulting from a tough selection procedure and the recipients of these signals The Role of Human Resource Management in Consulting Firms 9 Customers High Quality Guarantee Consulting Firm High Employer Attractiveness Applicants Feeling of Belonging to the Best Employees Fig 1.3 Selection Signals Sent by Consulting Firms As the effect of consulting services cannot be . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Human Resource Management in Consulting Firms Michel E. Domsch Elena Hristozova (Editors) Human Resource Management in Consulting Firms With 42 Figures 12 Professor. with respect to consulting firms appear. First, growth in the consulting industry can be achieved only by increasing the number of consultants. In this context consulting firms compete among. developments, consulting firms seek to make consulting careers attractive and by doing so to increase their employer attractiveness. Since consulting firms recruit mainly from universities and business