ABSTRACT

This research focuses attention on The Purpose And Use Of Management Consultancy Firm with special attention on Onitsha South Local Government Area

This work is carried out in partial fulfillment of the course requirement for the award of higher national diploma of the institute of management and technology.

Critical assessment was made on how industrialists in Onitsha South have been using the services of the management consultancy forms and how aware they of their service.

Through this research one could see the ignorance of some of the industrialist towards the consultancy forms.  Their reasons for not consulting them   were also explained.  Observations were made on what is restraining the consultancy forms from rendering their services.

Finally, suggestions were given in the conclusion and if well applied could be beneficial to all.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1            BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Nigeria has a complex society with different types of organization.  Every organization encounters one or more problems that hamper the organization in achieving its set objective and goals. These problems ranges from financial availability human resources shortages monitoring competitor’s strategies raw materials shortages lack knowledge of how to manage the organization efficiently and effectively    in this social economic political and technological changes.

In Onitsha South this dynamism in the environment has continued to pose certain threats and opportunities to many organization e.g raw material sourcing market diversification research and development intensified competition market store managerial innovation improved organization climate and in fact an orientation towards an improved social quality of life. When this rapid change the management of any innovation and goal committed industrial establishment  will periodically require a through skillful appraisal to the extent of which the current organization product and performance will  meet the requirement of the situation and that of the organization goals and objective if the performance is shown to be inadequate management  needs to be advised on how rectify this situation.  To do this we require an individual with an experience of that is happening within the industrial establishment that is an employee (if one can be seen) possibly may not due to this assignment within the establishment.