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Section 13 | Lesson 70 - management consulting and the frameworks they use

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Management consuluting

  • assume we need help

what consultants do

  • analyze problems
  • financial statement preparation
  • enviornmental preparation

it consulting

  • merger
  • setting up offshore bank
  • online banking access

hr staffing

  • outsource hiring

pro/con working in consulting

positives

  • money
  • interesting
  • travel

negatives

  • brutal hours
  • some clients hate you
  • long path to partner

resume tips

  • list of html links
  • networking is more important

analysis frameworks

bcg matrix

BCG Matrix Overview

This chart maps market share (horizontal axis) against market growth (vertical axis).

  • X-axis: Low → High Market Share
  • Y-axis: Low → High Market Growth
Text Diagram (quick view)
                ↑ High Market Growth
                |
                |    ┌────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┐
                |    │         Question Marks     │           Stars            │
                |    │  (Low Share, High Growth)  │  (High Share, High Growth) │
                |    ├────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
                |    │            Dogs            │         Cash Cows          │
                |    │ (Low Share, Low Growth)    │ (High Share, Low Growth)   │
                └────┴────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────┘
                     Low Market Share                              High →

S.W.O.T analysis

                ┌─────────────────┬─────────────┐
                │     strengths   │  weaknesses │
                ├─────────────────┼─────────────┤
                │  opportunities  │  threats    │
                ┴─────────────────┴─────────────┘

product life cycle

  1. y-axis is sales profit
  2. x-axis is time
along the x-axis
  1. development
  2. intro
  3. growth
  4. maturity
  5. decline

porter 5 forces model

analyze based on 5 different forces

  1. competition
  2. substitutes
  3. new entrants
  4. buyer power
  5. supplier power

barriers to entry

  • patents
  • market
  • produce stuff at scale

risks

  • look at sec.gov to find

    • risks
    • weakneseses
  • also you can call the company's competitor

quantitative stuff

  • trends in data
  • every chart tells a story