Research on success factors of management consulting projects in SMEs

Management consulting can help companies acquire good management skills and scientific management methods. It is an effective way for companies to improve their management level and achieve better business results. More and more companies are aware of their management problems and try to solve them through management consulting. It is very common for large companies to choose management consulting, while small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) need more help for their own reasons. Many SMEs also choose to use management consulting to improve their management, but they have not achieved the expected results and misunderstood management consulting. Researchers have done more on the factors that affect the consulting effectiveness of large companies, but less research on the factors of SMEs. This paper collects first-hand information through interviews, conducts research on SMEs, and understands the reasons for the poor result of their management consulting projects. It is found that the selection of consultants has a great impact on the consulting effect, and the working methods of consultants, especially the depth of communication with the boss and employees, have a great impact on the consulting effect. I hope these conclusions can provide reference for more SMEs to choose management consulting services. However, due to the small number of samples in this study (only 2 companies and 8 interviewers are the samples), the results may not be representative, and the coverage of interview questions will also affect the analysis, which also needs to be strengthened.