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IT Consulting: What’s All the Fuss about ‘Soft Skills’

Tom Spencer

I believe this is especially the case with ‘soft skills’, a term which is often mocked as an empty excuse for applying to undersubscribed university courses. Nevertheless, a case study of the IT consulting segment can readily showcase the real-life application of soft skills.

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Double trouble…Launching the Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd Edition

Management Consulted

We can finally tell you what’s in the Consulting Case Bank … Over 550 practice cases from a variety of b-schools, case books, firms, and interview rounds. We categorized each of the 550+ cases to give you the ability to target your case practice. But the Case Bank is only half of the story.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

The conference’s agenda involves keynotes, presentations, case studies, and interviews with leading pharma experts dealing with project portfolio management. The program of the symposium includes case studies, lessons learned, academic research, actionable tips, and more.

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The Ultimate Question 2.0 Book Review

Management Consulted

What you will find, however, is a truckload of case studies giving you comparative analysis, real stories, surveys, research, and techniques adopted by some really renowned companies – including many successes, but also huge failures. Why is this important to know?

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9 Out of 10 People Are Willing to Earn Less Money to Do More-Meaningful Work

Harvard Business

To date, business leaders have lacked two key pieces of information they need in order to act on the finding that meaning drives productivity. First, any business case hinges on the ability to translate meaning, as an abstraction, into dollars. Employers must respond or lose talent and productivity.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Consumer Products. Travel and Transportation. Example IBM Case Study question: Company X sells hardware, software and services. IBM Global Business Services serves multiple industries (these are great for networking if you are an experienced hire): Aerospace & Defense. Automotive. Chemicals and Petroleum. Electronics.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Consumer Products. Transportation & Travel. As a standard, in each interview, you will be asked to complete a short case study that measures your communication and problem-solving skills.