Choosing & Using Consultants & Advisers A Best Practice Guide to Making the Right Decision And Getting Good Value

Choosing & Using Consultants & Advisers A best practice guide to making the right decision and getting good value Harold Lewis REAR COVER: "Ownermanagers and business advisers should read this." Business Adviser "User-friendly... I would recommend it to anyone involved with commissioning consultants." Supply Management Everyone in business will at some time or other need professional help. Choosing & Using Consultants & Advisers is a practical guide to help businesses, organizations and individuals make the best use of consultants and advisers, and get the best value from the experts they hire. Distilling the author's in-depth experience of both sides of the business relationship, it offers a wealth of inside information that clients cannot usually obtain. It shows you how to: identify the need for professional advice; understand how consultants and advisers operate and how they charge; define your requirements and specify the job to be done; select the consultants that are right for you; go out to tender; draw up contracts; keep track of the work; deal effectively with problems; develop successful working and partnering relationships. As well as numerous examples and checklists, Choosing & Using Consultants & Advisers includes case studies of good and bad practice and personal viewpoints from various professional and business sectors. Essential reading if you are involved in a new business, the practical advice it contains will also be of value to established firms. Harold Lewis is a writer, editor and independent consultant with more than 30 years' professional experience working with client authorities and consultancy organizations. He advises clients on the preparation of tender documents, the evaluation of tenders, and communication skills involved in technical documentation, with particular emphasis on the clear explanation of complex technical issues. He is also the author of Bids, Tenders & Proposals, published by Kogan Page.Lewis, Harold is the author of 'Choosing & Using Consultants & Advisers A Best Practice Guide to Making the Right Decision And Getting Good Value', published 2006 under ISBN 9780749446390 and ISBN 0749446390.