Editorial Board: Dr. Samson CW Ma, Prof. Gregg Li, & Prof. Alfred SP Ho

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Authors: Dr. Samson C.W. Ma, Prof. Gregg Li, Prof. Alfred S. P. Ho, Dr. Thomas S.K. Tang, Prof. Stephen W. K. Ng, Dr. C.Y. Wong, Dr. Terence K.Y. Chung

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With rapid technological changes and competitive markets, management consultancy is a highly challenging industry. Capturing and applying knowledge are daily tasks for professional management consultants in their consulting services. In management consulting services, knowledge, skills, and practices are integrated and work together without boundaries to deliver consulting assignments to clients.To thrive in the management consultancy profession, there are three major work areas that all consultants must master: Client & Assignment, Analysis & Study, and Solution & Recommendation. These areas support the phases of inquiry, contracting, execution, and closure of consulting services. Different kinds of knowledge, skills, and practices may be needed to fulfill the requirements of different consulting areas and services. Based on practical needs, the development of the “Management Consultants Handbook - Knowledge, Skills & Practices” pursues thirteen types of knowledge and skills foundational to management consultants. Consultants should familiarize themselves with these when delivering consulting services. The thirteen chapters of the Management Consultants Handbook introduce and deeply describe the required knowledge, skills, and practices.