Overview

As the business environment becomes more complex, firms increasingly rely on strategy consultants to remain competitive. Strategy consultants effect change by collecting, reviewing, and analyzing information in order to make recommendations to management. Consultants may propose ways to improve an organization’s structure, efficiency, or profits. Strategy consultants need to be self-motivated and disciplined. They must possess analytical skills, the ability to get along with a wide range of people, strong oral and written communication skills, good judgment, time management skills, and creativity. The ability to work in teams is another important attribute as consulting teams become more common. Because they must spend a significant portion of their time with clients, strategy consultants may travel frequently.

Options

The undergraduate business strategy emphasis and strategy minor are limited enrollment degrees for approximately (50) students each year. Preference is given to those with outstanding GPAs and ACT/SAT scores. The degree is designed to prepare students for initial jobs in professional service firms. Top recruiters from professional service firms at BYU include the following: Accenture, Aon Consulting, Audax Group, Bain & Co., Boston Consulting Group, CRA Associates, Deloitte Consulting, Duff & Phelps LLC, and KPMG. The application for the emphasis or minor is due the last working day of October at 4:30pm MST in 460 TNRB. Students may submit applications for a strategy emphasis before formal admission to the management program, however, to commence strategy emphasis coursework students must be accepted to the management program. The application can be found below or in 460 TNRB.

Outlook

As industry and government increasingly rely on outside expertise to improve the performance of their organizations, employment of strategy consultants is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2014. The growth of international businesses has contributed to an increase in demand for strategy consultants particularly those with a comprehensive knowledge of international business and foreign cultures and languages.

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