The word "consultation" means consulting, inquiring, planning and soliciting opinions in Chinese. At first, consultation and inquiry were two words, information desk and information desk. The word "consultation" was first found in the Book of Songs, and there is a poem "riding fast, loving consultation in a week", which means that the monarch condemns the envoys and asks them to visit the people's sufferings carefully to show the world.
In ancient times, counselors, parliamentarians, military advisers and diners who made suggestions for rulers were all people who specialized in consulting activities. Of course, China's ancient consulting activities and his understanding of the word "consulting" were random and random, which was different from modern consulting activities.
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I. Professional requirements
1, knowledge requirements: Master degree or above is generally required. In the knowledge structure, we should have professional knowledge such as psychology, economics, sociology and management at the same time.
2. Skills requirements: Undoubtedly, communication ability is the first; The ability to analyze and solve problems, the ability to use information, the ability to communicate with others and the sensitivity of oneself are all necessary for a consultant.
3. Experience requirements: You need to have a comprehensive grasp of all walks of life and mobilize all your knowledge reserves between questions and answers; Relevant working experience; Proficient in various evaluation tools and methods, and guide according to the needs of consultants.
Second, management consulting.
It means that independent and qualified individuals or several people go deep into the enterprise site and use modern means and scientific methods to diagnose, train, plan, design and coach the enterprise, from the management of group enterprises to the establishment of local systems.
From the establishment of strategic level to the design of behavior scheme, the dynamic analysis of the whole process of enterprise production and operation is carried out to help it establish modern management system, put forward action suggestions and assist in implementing these suggestions, so as to improve the economic benefits of enterprises. It mainly includes comprehensive management consulting, strategic management consulting, production, human resources, finance, logistics, marketing and information system management consulting.
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