Consulting Governance: Implementing Guidelines for Successful Projects

  • 1h 30m
  • Josef Herget, Robert Bodenstein
  • Springer
  • 2023

Every consulting project has its governance, which is not always explicitly agreed with the client. This book describes the fundamentals of governance in consulting projects and explains the concept and the concrete implementation in practice. It describes the individual elements of consulting governance and illustrates the implementation with practical examples, accompanied by frameworks, reference models, roadmaps and checklists that facilitate the transfer into practice. In addition, the opportunities and risks of consulting governance are presented from the perspective of both the consulting client and the service provider, and the future of international developments of governance consulting are highlighted.

The book is aimed at consultants, coaches, trainers and mediators as well as executives and project managers who are responsible for the implementation of consulting projects.

About the Author

Robert Bodenstein, MBA CMC has more than 40 years of experience as a management consultant. He served as the chairman of the ISO committee responsible for developing the ISO 20700 standard ‘Management Consulting Services’ and is Chairman of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) since 2021.

Prof. Dr. Josef Herget combines many years of experience in academia with international consulting work. He has taught and researched at various universities in Europe and founded several companies. He is an Academic Fellow of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI).

In this Book

  • Consulting Governance as a Design Space: Prerequisites and Perspectives
  • Governance by Design: Phases and Structures
  • Governance by Design: Elements and Processes
  • Consulting by Design: The Framework
  • Case Studies: Exemplary Procedure
  • Opportunities and Risks of Consulting Governance
  • Future Outlook: Sustaining the Relevance of Consulting Governance
  • An Implementation Agenda: Key Considerations for Moving Forward