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Management consulting will give you a great view of the problems a company has in the industry. It probably won't give you a great lens on problems the industry
by ryanlchan 15y ago
Management consulting will give you a great view of the problems a company has in the industry. It probably won't give you a great lens on problems the industry as a whole are having trouble dealing with. As you can imagine, consulting firms have a vested interest in making sure that the companies that they deal with remain giant behemoths rather than nurturing ideas for disruptive innovation.
That being said, I do think it's a great way to shape up your general management skills, and an excellent post-college option.
- astrofinch 15y agoHm. So if the consultant's job is to improve the company culture somehow, or do a random chore like improve software security as timtadh suggests, I can see how that probably wouldn't provide much industry insight. But what if the goal is to help management make some strategic decision, or improve some business process? Are there consulting firms that help their clients with this stuff? Even in the "improve the company culture" case, it seems like you could still get a lot of behind-the-scenes information about a variety of industries just by chatting with your clients over lunch.