Management Consulting Course (MCSD 600)

The broad objective of the training course is to develop a crop of officers in both the Public and Private Sectors of the Nigerian economy who will be able to assist in the rapid socio-economic development of the nation by applying their specialized skills and knowledge in solving the multi-various problems and challenges facing the country.

Specifically, the Course will enable the participants to:

• Explain the nature and process of management
• Identify the multiple roles of the consultant
• Describe the procedures for initiating and winning consultancy assignments
• Write winning proposals
• Apply special techniques and tools for problem diagnosis, data gathering and analysis
• Write good consultancy reports
• Make good presentation.

Course Content

Topics to be covered include, among others, the following:

• Basic managerial functions
• Nature, purpose and scope of management consulting
• Characteristics of management consulting
• Types of management consulting: internal and external,
• Process and resource consulting
• Consultant/client relations
• The consultants as agents of change
• Work study technique
• Management audit
• End of course written examination

Target Audience

The Course is designed for:

• Officers working in the establishments and management services department of the presidency.
• Officers saddled with responsibilities for establishments and management services matters at the federal, state and local government levels.
• Officers of the head of civil services at the federal and state levels.
• Officers working or who propose to work in the department of planning, research and statistics of ministries at the federal and state levels;
• Officers of private sector organizations working in the oil and gas sector, financial sector, manufacturing sector and organizations charged with management services or management consulting responsibilities.