Certificate in Management Consulting Essentials

Course Overview

The Certificate in Management Consulting Essentials is awarded by the Chartered Management Institute in conjunction with the Institute of Business Consulting, the leading professional body for consultants.

This is an excellent consultants training course and provides an introduction to management consultancy.

Consultancy course content:
It considers the skills, knowledge and professional behaviours required by an effective consultant. It looks at ethical standards and codes of conduct and will give you a framework to evaluate your current knowledge, skills and behaviours to plan your future development.

It includes an overview of the development of the consultancy market, reviews the phases of the consultancy process and typical consultancy interventions introducing a range of tools, skills and techniques to support effective interaction with clients. The role of effective communication is considered as well as core communication techniques. An overview of project delivery including risk, quality assurance and effective personal contribution is followed by investigating core consultancy skills in knowledge sourcing, research and analysis.

Assessment:

This 45 hour distance learning consultancy course qualification is delivered using specially prepared learning materials. It has been split into three learning modules designed to cover the full syllabus.

The three learning modules are:

• The theory and practice of consultancy
• Building relationships and effective communication
• Problems solving, analysis and project management

In order to achieve the qualification, participants must successfully complete written time-constrained assignment of around 3000 words. The assessment is set and marked by the Institute and is undertaken at the end of the consultancy course.

Support and what's included:
The course fee is fully inclusive and covers:

• registration for the qualification with the CMI for one year from date of enrolment
• a full years complimentary membership of the IBC
• all study materials covering the course syllabus
• additional resources to help you maximise your study time and to support your assessment
• unlimited, pro-active contact with your own experienced personal tutor for six months from enrolment

Duration: 1-6 months
Enrolment: flexible anytime enrolment