Friday, January 11, 2008

Consult Conundrum

con·sult·ant [kuh n-suhl-tnt] (noun):
1. a person who gives professional or expert advice on business methods.
2. a person who consults someone or something.

co·nun·drum [kə-nŭn'drəm] (noun):
1. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.
2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma:


The Society for Promotion of Personnel Management and Human Resources and Industrial Relations (SAPPHIRE), in association with Accenture, presents The Consult Conundrum, a unique, real life -inspired, challenging game designed to test the consulting acumen of the participants. The participating teams will get a chance to test and hone their consulting skills. The teams will be pitted against each other in a client engagement simulation.

Participants will be challenged to think on the various aspects of problem identification, defining the problem and arriving at a solution, keeping in mind the client’s requirements and data access limitations. In other words, they will endeavor to partner with a client

Having been in the forefront of the consulting arena globally, Accenture brings to you an amazing opportunity to pick up valuable consulting skills from some of the best minds in consulting and prepare oneself for an exciting career ahead.

The game has been designed in three stages. In the preliminary round, a case study will be provided, and teams for the next round will be shortlisted based on the case analysis submitted. In the second stage of Mentor Interaction, the teams will be provided with an opportunity to interact with a mentor from Accenture who would provide the teams with valuable inputs and feedback on consulting skills, client engagement techniques and presentation skills. The campus round will consist of three time bound stages, aimed at determining, individually and collectively, the various skills required to be successful as a consultant. As a finale the teams will be required to make the proposal presentation to senior Accenture consultants acting as clients.

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