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5 Recommended Courses To Develop Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

You are valued for your ability to review/cut/analyze data and use the results to come up with solutions and strategies to your clients’ dilemmas. However, for some quick understanding, check out these 5 free online courses provided by some of the top universities and graduate programs in the U.S

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It’s Time for Sustainability to Become a Core Part of MBA Programs

Harvard Business

Business schools must incorporate interdisciplinary approaches in their programs, combining environmental and climate science with traditional business skills like carbon accounting, strategy, and governance.

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GMAT: A Strategic Guide to Effective Preparation

Tom Spencer

The GMAT is a necessary hurdle that individuals who aspire to pursue an MBA or a graduate degree in finance need to overcome in order to gain admission to a top school. Understand strategies for approaching different question types. The GMAT assesses a wide range of skills, from analytical writing to quantitative and verbal reasoning.

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How to Win Your Consulting Case Competition

Tom Spencer

Whatever the case may be, this article will outline the secrets to winning a strategy case competition and why winning does not need to be complex. For example, if a case is related to business, it is likely to involve questions about finance and accounting, strategy, and marketing.

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Transitioning from Management Consulting to Corporate Strategy/M&A – the Interview Process

Tom Spencer

As a result, many consultants shift to industry and join the client’s side so that they can not only offer solutions but also take more ownership to formulate, execute, and implement a strategy from start to finish. BizOps / Strategy & Operations at tech firms. Corporate Strategy. What is corporate strategy?

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Rule of Thumb #2: Use Behavioral Lenses to Innovate and Adapt to Changes

Steve Shu Consulting

this legislation covers finance and retirement-related considerations. Let’s take just one of five behavioral angles I cover at Cornell in my applied behavioral economics courses, namely choice architecture. We talked about the recently passed Secure Act 2.0 For those unfamiliar with Secure Act 2.0,

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Government Contracts Pricing Strategy – Ten Dynamic and Synergistic Pricing Practices

Granite Leadership Strategies

As part of a well-functioning business development system and a well-respected pricing strategy practice, keep your pricing team apprised of upcoming bids. The best opportunities come from early pricing strategy homework that includes subcontractor inputs. Ten of the most dynamic and synergistic pricing practices are right here.