consultant
Sign in to saveA consultant (from "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as expert, specialist, see variations of meaning below) who provides advice or services in an area of specialization (generally to medium or large-size corporations). Consulting services generally fall under the domain of professional services, as contingent work.
Research
676,191 papers- Hypercalcemia: a consultant's approach.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2018
- The Behavioral Health Consultant: Roles and Responsibilities.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2021
- Achieving success in consultant applications.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2020
- Ask the consultant: old age psychiatry.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024
- First-Episode Psychosis and the Role of the Psychiatric Consultant.Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- title of honor
- Has part
- adviser
- Field of occupation
- consultation
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- female form of label
- consultora
- male form of label
- konsultant
- topic's main category
- Category:Consultants
- Commons category
- Consultants
- uses
- telephony
- partially coincident with
- adviser
- P8168
- Somebody
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Encyclopedic overview
33 sectionsContents
- Subject-matter expert vs. consultant
- Contractor vs. consultant
- Role
- Business case for hiring a consultant
- Delivery of service
- Employment status and career distinction
- Consulting scope
- Work location
- In-house consulting
- Success factors of consulting
- Accenture success factors
- ''Bronnenmayer's'' success factors
- Sindermann and Sawyer success factors
- Hartel's 10 Golden Rules
- Consulting challenges
- Distinctness
- Domain
- Ethical conflict (manipulation)
- Expectations (customer)
- Organizational
- Rates of pay
- Other general challenges
- Stakeholder management
- Taxation and legal status
- Qualifications
- Code of Ethics
- Consulting domains
- Technology
- Construction
- Entertainment
- Health
- Law and politics
- Education
A consultant (from "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as expert, specialist, see variations of meaning below) who provides advice or services in an area of specialization (generally to medium or large-size corporations). Consulting services generally fall under the domain of professional services, as contingent work.
The Harvard Business School defines a consultant as someone who advises on "how to modify, proceed in, or streamline a given process within a specialized field".
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