The Institute of Management Consultancy - Proprietary & Confidential Excellence in a competitive market… The Institute of Management Consultancy Ian Barratt

The Institute of Management Consultancy - Proprietary & Confidential

Excellence in a competitive market…Excellence in a competitive market…

The Institute of Management ConsultancyThe Institute of Management Consultancy

Ian BarrattIan BarrattChief ExecutiveChief Executive

Caroline BarkerCaroline Barker

Head of Professional Development Head of Professional Development


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Who we are…

The Institute of Management Consultancy is the single largest professional body in the UK, representing over 4,300 management consultants as well as consulting firms, training providers, users of consultancy and intermediary agencies.

Founded in 1962, the Institute aims to promote excellence, actively pursuing the interests of the profession through negotiations with the government, the European Commission and major clients in the UK and overseas.


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Our Vision, Our Mission …

……..“to be the leader of the profession of consulting to management ”

“To promote excellence in management consultancy by:

• setting standards and certifying individual consulting practitioners;• regulating individual practitioners and, where appropriate, practices

by providing codes of conduct backed up by disciplinary arrangements;

• providing ways for good practice within the profession to be identified and access to good practice facilitated;

• providing the principal source of comment on professional matters and other issues affecting the practice of consulting to management; and

• engaging with all stakeholders.”


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The market…

• Confused economy and indicators• What will happen over Iraq• Where are the next assignments coming from• What sort of practices will service them

– Mergers– Big v. beautiful

• Staff v. associates• What sort of consultants do clients want• Competences


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Some of our current work…

About the whole professional community…..

• The Annual Conference

• Professional Consultancy

• Self-regulation

• Certified Practices

• Client User Group

• Network and create a community

• Regulate individuals and practices - codes of conduct & disciplinary procedures

• Career development

• Provide to identify and access good practice

• Provide comment on professional matters


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Our Members …

• must satisfy exacting admissions criteria• include ‘Big 5’ consultants, sole practitioners, partners, CEO’s,

directors, internal consultants and niche players• work across a wide range of industry sectors• are engaged in the initiation, leading, development and /or

implementation of change for their clients


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Membership BenefitsBenefits include…

• Updat-e our bi-monthly electronic newsletter• Professional Consultancy our quarterly journal• Regional and Special Interest Group (SIGs) meetings on a variety of topics• ‘The Consultancy Forum’ our annual conference • 24 hour legal telephone help line • Briefing papers produced to help practitioners with new legislation (recent

examples include IR35 and the Human Rights Act) • Business insurance, providing preferential rates for various insurances • Offsite data backup at preferential rates• Access to the Institute of Financial Services Information Service

Our website [email protected] includes a complete listing of Institute events, careers, information and a members’ lounge. We also offer the opportunity to obtain standard contract terms and salary/fee rate surveys.


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Types of Membership …

• Affiliate - for those who do not practise but are interested in management consultancy issues.

• Associate requires either one year’s consulting experience, five years working as a manager in a technical or professional specialism, possessing a Masters qualification, or working for an Institute Certified Practice.

• Certified Management Consultant (CMC®) - once you have become an Associate, you can work towards achieving the qualification of CMC®. This a portable competence-based qualification recognised in over 35 countries.


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Certified Management Consultant (CMC®)…

• Competency-based qualification

• An independent endorsement of your skills

• A commitment to life-long learning

• Portable and recognised in over 35 countries


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How to become a CMC®…

Individual Applicant

Certified Practice Applicant

IMC Assessment: Assignment

StudyProfessional

RecordClient References

Interview

Internally assessed within the Practice


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Corporate Membership

Certified Practices…..a centre of excellence in

consultant training, assessment and development

• To become a Certified Practice a management consultancy must demonstrate high quality training and professional development for its consultants. It does this through a process of review and audit with the Institute.

• Having achieved Certified Practice status, the consultancy is empowered to assess and recommend its consulting staff for the Certified Management Consultant (CMC®) qualification by virtue of progress through their in-house training and development structures.


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Certified Practices

• Abbey National• American Express• Anite Public Sector Ltd• Atkins Management Consultants• Hewitt, Bacon & Woodrow• Bywater PLC • The Consultancy Company Limited • Cornwell Management Consultants

plc • Defence Logistics Organisation

(MoD)• IBM Management Consultancy • Fujitsu-ICL Business Consulting

• ATOS KPMG Consulting • Logistics Consulting Partners

Limited • MoD - DMCS• Morton Hodson Management

Consultants Limited• Nationwide Building Society• PA Consulting Group• Penna Consulting plc• PwC Consulting • Shell Services International

Limited • Xansa


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The benefits of CMC®…

For Employee• An independent endorsement of your skills• A commitment to life-long learning and establishes a discipline of continuing

professional development (CPD). • Opens a route for engagement with the profession outside their own practice. • Portable and internationally recognised professional qualification• Affords lasting recognition of their training, development and experience.

For Employer• Recognition and accreditation as a centre of excellence in consultant training,

assessment and development • Tangible demonstration of your commitment to developing employees• Raises your profile and perception in recruitment market• Supports career development and retention• Yardstick for employment of Associates• Adds value to the training and development undertaken within the practice.• Contributes to the attraction of being employed as a professional within the practice. • All consultants within the practice automatically qualify as Associates of the Institute.


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And under development….

• Newly updated competence framework will be available in February 2003

Also,• Pilot of Blended Learning Solutions in first quarter of 2003• New scheme for training providers in August 2003

“We welcome the new model which provides an updated and comprehensive framework for professional development” Atkins Management Consultants

“..places professional competence in the right context of consultancy processes as never before” Abbey National


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Institute of Management Consultancy

…..creating a professional community

….promoting excellence

To find out more about our comprehensive portfolio of offerings for

the management consultancy market, visit

www.imc.co.uk

or call

020 7566 5220 Professional Professional qualifications - qualifications -

CMCCMC

Annual Annual Conference Conference

12/1312/13thth March 2003March 2003

Member Member benefitsbenefits

Regional & Regional & networking networking

eventsevents

Career Career developmentdevelopment

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Thought Thought leadership leadership

– self – self regulation regulation

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The Institute of Management Consultancy - Proprietary & Confidential Excellence in a competitive market… The Institute of Management Consultancy Ian Barratt