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A client asks a consultant to help its own managers diagnose their problems and develop their own solutions, rather than deliver a finished set of recommendations. This approach is best described as:
Correct answer: C - Process consultation
Which feature MOST distinguishes a management consultant from an interim manager placed inside the client organization?
Correct answer: B - The consultant provides independent advice and builds client capability
Midway through an engagement, a client repeatedly requests analyses that fall outside the agreed terms of reference. The consultant should FIRST:
Correct answer: C - Agree a scope change addressing timeline and fees
A client CEO states that falling sales are caused by a weak sales team and asks the consultant to design a new bonus scheme. Before accepting this brief, the consultant should MAINLY:
Correct answer: D - Test the assumed cause of the decline before proposing solutions
During diagnosis, managers' interview responses conflict with the client's operational data. The consultant's BEST next step is to:
Correct answer: A - Investigate and triangulate the discrepancy using additional sources
As an engagement closes with the recommendations implemented, the consultant's closure work should focus MOST on:
Correct answer: C - Transferring capability so the client can sustain the results
A consultant structures a problem into parts that do not overlap and that together cover every possibility. This structuring principle is abbreviated as:
Correct answer: D - MECE
A consultant forms an initial hypothesis about the likely answer, then gathers mainly the data needed to prove or disprove it. The PRIMARY benefit of this hypothesis-driven approach is that it:
Correct answer: A - Focuses effort on the evidence that matters most
A consultant analyzing the long-run profitability of an industry applies Porter's Five Forces. Which of the following is one of the five forces?
Correct answer: A - The bargaining power of suppliers
In the McKinsey 7S model, which set lists ONLY the 'hard' elements?
Correct answer: A - Strategy, Structure, Systems
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