Chinese Enterprises How To Correctly Deal With The Management Consulting

As Peter M. Senge once said in The Fifth Discipline - The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization: only those who learn faster than the peers can keep the everlasting advantage in severe competition. Nothing is better than consulting that can satisfy the demands of continuous learning.China's consulting market emerged after the reform and opening. More and more exotic consulting companies entered into China with their clients. Compared to local consulting companies, exotic consulting companies have some natural advantages since most of them have got more than 100 years' working experiences in this field. Local companies are faced with great challenge. Fortunately, a few of local companies are growing up. Sinohelp and Allpku perform well in their field respectively.In China, the most important thing for enterprises is how to develop and perfect themselves. Seeking for the help of outer intelligence is getting popular at present. However, some Chinese enterprises go astray when they make the decision on outer intelligence. Idolism to the consultant makes them suffer. What's the proper attitude towards outer intelligence? As Mr. Fu Yuning, President of China Merchants Group pointing out:* Make sure your wants, your strength and weakness before consultants come in.* What consultants make for your enterprise is DIAGNOSIS of strategy only. * To be your own master, not to rely on the consulting companies too much.* Effective supports from management are most required.I also discuss the structure, characters, functions and forecast of consulting line in my thesis. Some cases on the cooperation between consulting companies and Chinese enterprises, both successful and unsuccessful, can be found in it.