Bìznes Inform (Feb 2018)
The Improvement of Theoretical Foundations of Application of the Business Consultancy in Ukraine
Abstract
The article is aimed at improving the theoretical foundations of consulting by introducing a new concept – «business consultancy», defining its functions and tasks. The current status of development of consultancy services in Ukraine and world-wide was analyzed and it has been determined that their growth has been observed since 2015. A study of scientific works has proved necessity of introduction of new concept – «business consultancy», which combines «consulting», «managerial consultancy», «coaching», «advisory psychology», and their characteristic features. The need to implement business consultancy is explained by the expansion of functions and tasks facing consulting firms providing services to their clientele. The definition of its functions (stages) is based on the analysis of scientific approaches to the essence of consulting and includes expertise of activity, substantiation of measures, development of strategies and support of implementation of measures in business processes of the client. It has been proved that the task of implementation of these services is to concretize the established functions by solving problems of economic, technical, technological, informational, organizational, and psychological character.
