‘Consulting should be what happens when someone with a problem or difficulty seeks help to solve that problem or difficulty from someone who has special skill’ (Peter Cockman, Bill Evans, Peter Reynolds (1999) Consulting for Real People’, p. 4)
 Discuss the nature of the client-consultant relationship in light of the above statement. [70 marks]
 Critically discuss what special skills are required of an effective management consultant? [30 marks]

Overall word limit, 2500 words maximum.
The word count should:
 Include all the text, including title, preface, introduction, in-text citations, quotations, footnotes and any other item not specifically excluded below.
 Exclude diagrams, tables (including tables/lists of contents and figures), equations, executive summary/abstract, acknowledgements, declaration, bibliography/list of references and appendices. However, it is not appropriate to use diagrams or tables merely as a way of circumventing the word limit. If a student uses a table or figure as a means of presenting his/her own words, then this is included in the word count.