What types of consulting institutions are there?
1. Large multi-functional consulting company. Most of these companies are multinational companies. Their scale enables them to deal with all kinds of customers and the most complicated management problems. They sometimes provide customers with comprehensive "all-round services" as "all-round service management consulting companies". But at the same time, some specialized businesses have been developed. For example, they may be famous for their experience in dealing with specialized industries and important specialized departments divided by industries, or they are dominant in consulting on enterprise strategy and business restructuring strategy, or they focus on management consulting based on information technology. 2. Management consulting services of large accounting companies. With their professional knowledge, image, channels and entrustment opportunities, they are the largest professional companies in the world, not only in the fields of accounting and auditing, but also in the field of management consulting. At present, such companies are also engaged in many fields such as human resource management and development, organizational development, production engineering, total quality, integrated information and control systems, and small business consulting. 3. Small and medium-sized consulting companies include various consulting organizations. Their main technical images include:-providing general management and business development consulting for small and medium-sized client companies in limited geographical areas; -Consulting in one or several technical fields, such as strategic personnel management, repair and maintenance, quality control and management, marketing, sales management, office management, environmental monitoring and management, etc. -specialization of the whole industry. Such as urban transportation, textile, printing and insurance. 4. Independent practitioners These practitioners may be generalists, emphasizing their rich management experience and problem-solving behavior skills; Or an expert working in a narrow technical field. They challenge large professional companies with highly personalized and flexible methods. At the same time, the situation of "fishy eyes are mixed with pearls" appears from time to time, and it is not always easy to distinguish between real masters and mediocre people. 5. "Consulting Professors" Many management professors, lecturers, trainers and researchers set foot in the consulting industry on a part-time basis. Their main contribution is new ideas and ideas, rather than routine consulting work. 6. The consulting service of management research institutions is the consulting service organized by industrial and commercial schools, management research institutions and productivity promotion centers for the company. They combine education, training and consulting services. 7. The basic main task of non-traditional consulting service providers is a certain business work, not consulting, but taking consulting as an additional product that is beneficial to their products and services or technically and economically. This kind of personnel mainly includes: ① commercial and investment banks, brokers, insurance companies and other organizations in the financial industry; ② Institute of Economic Statistics and Industry and Information Center; (2) suppliers and vendors of computer and communication equipment, and so on.