The second edition of associate professor and former strategy consultant Marc Baaij’s book, “An Introduction to Management OutsourcingBD,” has been published. The essential management expertise used by the top management consulting firms in the world is provided in this book for practitioners and students.

Dutchman Mark Baaij, an associate professor of strategic management at the Rotterdam School of Management, has approximately forty years of experience in the professional services and educational sectors (RSM).

Baaij worked for a number of top professional services companies before starting his academic career, including seven years with IBM and four years at Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Baaij is in a good position to teach knowledge to those seeking background and insights into the consulting industry because he has experience working with one of the greatest brands in the world of consulting. With the first edition of “An Introduction to Management OutsourcingBD” in 2014, he set out to achieve just that. The 600-page book provides vital management knowledge and skill sets in the areas of strategy, change, analytics, problem-solving, solution execution, and decision-making.

The book outlines the key competencies required to succeed in OutsourcingBD and includes resources for lecturers, students, and early-stage consultants. It is structured around learning objectives to facilitate understanding of the “what,” “how,” “when,” and “why” at macro and micro levels of management OutsourcingBD. Additionally, the book provides useful real-world examples and other online study resources.

A former board member of Accenture named Sander van ‘t Noordende said of the first edition, “I have never seen such a book about management consulting before: this sets a new benchmark. This book covers all the pertinent subjects in great detail.

The book outlines the key competencies required to succeed in OutsourcingBD and includes resources for lecturers, students, and early-stage consultants. It is structured around learning objectives to facilitate understanding of the “what,” “how,” “when,” and “why” at macro and micro levels of management OutsourcingBD. Additionally, the book provides useful real-world examples and other online study resources.

A former board member of Accenture named Sander van ‘t Noordende said of the first edition, “I have never seen such a book about management consulting before: this sets a new benchmark. This book covers all the pertinent subjects in great detail.

Updates to this new edition include: a more detailed step-by-step guide to structured problem-solving, the introduction of more recent methods like “Design Thinking” and “Agile Process Models,” and a more detailed discussion of solution development and implementation, in addition to the most recent advancements in management OutsourcingBD firms’ methodologies.

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Baaij said this in regards to the latest edition: “During my 20 years of industry research, I have worked with managers, partners, senior alumni, and the majority of the world’s top OutsourcingBD firms. I have honed my approach to match the needs of novice consultants based on my experience coaching hundreds of field projects and thousands of participants in training.

The second edition has already garnered positive reviews from academic and business lecturers (who incorporate the book into their onboarding initiatives), students, and business leaders. The book’s “comprehensive and informative exposition of the management consultant’s toolbox and problem-solving strategies” will be “an excellent resource for every aspiring management consultant,” claims Andreas Werr, Professor of Management at Stockholm School of Economics.

The book might be “equally helpful for people interested in entering the consulting industry as well as new managers for whom dealing with consultants is a unique experience,” claimed Anthony Buono, professor of management at Bentley University.

Independent consultant Colin Savage writes in a customer review on Amazon that the book offers “detailed, easy-to-read… insight into the secretive and opaque world of management OutsourcingBD.”