Book Categories

Description of Choosing and Using Consultants and Advisers

"A refreshingly crisp style - well worth reading." ("The Reading Chronicle"). This book is perfect for anyone who needs to use contractors, consultants or other professional advisers, whatever their business. Acknowledged expert Harold Lewis uses his experience on both sides of the business relationship and explains the whole process. The first book to deal with this subject so comprehensively, "Using and Choosing Consultants & Advisers"...gives best practice advice that can immediately be put into effect; doesn't take sides on client-consultancy issues but offers a balanced view; helps clients get into the mind of consultants, showing them how consultancy works from the inside; and, is addressed to businesses/non-commercial groups as well as individuals. The valuable advice it contains will be useful not just for new businesses, but also for established firms seeking to strengthen and extend their contracting skills. Written in a crisp, accessible and businesslike style, this book contains numerous examples and checklists as well as case studies of good and bad practice.
This book will help you avoid mistakes and pitfalls, save time, money and effort, and make the process of working with consultants really worthwhile.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780749446390

Pages:

240 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

23563

Publisher:

Kogan Page Ltd

Published:

03/03/2006

Edition:

illustrated edition

Press and Industry Reviews

"Owner–managers and business advisers should read this"
- Business Adviser

"User-friendly... I would recommend it to anyone involved with commissioning consultants."
- Supply Management

Write a review of this book

Customer Reviews from Amazon

About Harold Lewis

Harold Lewis is a writer, editor and independent consultant with more than 30 years' experience working with client authorities and consultancy organizations. A leading authority on the process of developing and responding to tenders, he is also the author of Bids, Tenders & Proposals by Kogan Page.