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What are the advantages and disadvantages
of using outside business advisers?
What consultants can bring to the
party?
1) Expertise
Consultants know what to do and how to do it having done it many
times before.
2) Time
Consultants don't have learning curves as they are already experts
so they can help prepare the necessary procedures and process
plans in a fraction of the time it would take an inexperienced
person.
3) Planning skills
Doing the right things in the right order gets the job done in
the least amount of time.
4) Choice
Knowing different techniques for meeting the standard requirements
and for measuring performance enables the consultant to help
you choose the best approach for your business.
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5) Communication
A consultant will assist you to get the quality message across
to your employees and will involve them in the project. This
helps to empower all in pursuit of a common target.
6) Manage peak work load
The workload against time graph for implementing management systems
looks like this:
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Shortcomings
1) You have to pay
Weigh the costs against the benefits. Spend the time saved wisely,
improving the bottom line, finding new customers and improving
the business.
2) You may learn less
Learning by mistakes is a painful but powerful exercise. You
loose this opportunity.
3) Reliance on others
You put your trust in your business adviser. A good client /
consultant relationship is a partnership and the consultant should
work with you to achieve YOUR objectives.
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