Business consultants are people that provide information and support that assists in the operating or future strategies of a business. Business consultancy services are most often provided in the form of project work. In this way many are temporary employees of companies for the duration of specific large projects. This temporary nature of employment lends expendability to the profession of ˜business consultant', which is typically compensated by greater pay.

Business consulting services are sometimes bundled with software or hardware sales. In these cases software and /or hardware is installed by a project team of consultants that also customize, configure and train employees to maintain systems and / or applications.

Some very well known examples of this type of business consultancy and software / hardware hybridization include top consulting firms like Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu, IBM Global Services, Accenture and CPL Business Consultants.

Business consultancy in general is the reorganization of a client company's processes or structure and can vary in scale, but typically requires a large effort and specialized expertise related to legal and regulatory requirements as well as industry practice, outsourcing, employee management and other issues.

Many times business consultancy and the resulting reorganization is focused on sales and marketing. The redesigning of sales force or marketing strategy can be a very difficult undertaking that requires specialized expertise in the areas of product development, advertising strategy and customer relationship management (CRM).

When businesses implement new software, the customization and implementation of major software packages produces stress within a company. Expertise in choosing software, performing customization and configuration, as well as attaining the required hardware and training programs for employees are provided by business consultancy firms.

The average business consultant travels very frequently in order to work with different clients and different project teams within their own organization. Many spend much of their time traveling and staying in hotels. For very large projects may even relocate to the client's site for the duration of the project.

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