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CONSULTANCY
OUTLINE FOR MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANCY
CHAPTER I. MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
PRACTICE BY CPAs
a. Evolution of MAS, Developing Trends and Future
Prospects
b. Nature of MAS by independent accounting firms,
Rationale of using management consultants,
Independent accounting firms role in MAS and CPAs
objective in engaging in MAS
Management Consultancy Practice by
Certified Public Accounting (CPAs)
CHAPTER 1
I. A.
Evolution of MAS, Developing
Trends and Future Prospects
I. B.
Nature of management
consultancy engagements
I.B.
RATIONALE OF USING
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS
I. B.
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING
FIRM’S ROLE IN MAS
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING
FIRM’S ROLE IN MAS
The role of an independent accounting firm
in performing management advisory
services is“to provide advice and technical
assistance which should provide for client
participation in the analytical approach and
process. Specifying this as the proper role
recognizes both the appropriate place of
MAS and the realities of practice. This is
the only basis on which the work should
permit it to be done.”
Determining the Scope of Service
Independence
The accounting firm, when providing MAS should give a particular
consideration to independence. It is suggested that a CPA rendering
MAS and at the same time serving the same client as independent
auditor should not make management decisions or take positions
which might impair his objectivity and independence.
Competence
Competence in professional work involves both the technical
qualifications of staff personnel and the firm’s ability to supervise and
evaluate the quality of the work performed.
Identification and resolution of client’s basic problems
The scope of services should be adequate to identify and
resolve the basic client’s problems and not just problem
symptoms.
Referrals
Referral of MAS work to other independent accounting firm
is another way of developing that firm’s capability.
Unwitting clients
These are the members of the organization who will be affected by the
intervention of the consultant. They do not initiate the project and have
no direct or formal control over it. They are not aware that they will be
affected by the project.
Indirect clients
These are the members of the organization who will be affected by the
intervention of the consultant and who are aware that they will be
affected.
Ultimate clients
These are the total community that will be affected by the consultant’s
intervention. This will include members of the organization
How Consulting Adds
value
Provision of Information
Provision of Specialist Expertise
Provision of a New Perspective
Provision of Support in Gaining a Critical
Resource
I.C.
Areas, stages and management of
management consultancy engagements
STAGES OF
MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING
ENGAGEMENT
In management advisory services,
engagement applied analytical approach
and process which refers to the
systematic, objective and rational method
of solving business problems. It involves a
professional-level ability to ascertain
pertinent facts and circumstance, define
problem, evaluate the alternative courses
of action and present conclusions and
recommendations to solve the problem.
Describe the analytical approach and
process as applied to MAS engagement.
Time involved.
Project costs
Activities involved in the
problem definition phase
Identity of the problem.
Objectives of the problem-solving process.
Scope of the problem.
Intensity of the problem
Time dimensions of the problem
Location of the problem
Human elements involved in the problem
Support systems surrounding the problem
Tracking systems related to the problem
Institutional process for managing the problem