A consultant (from the Latin consultare means "to discuss" from which we also derive words such as consul and counsel) is a professional who provides advice in a particular area of expertise such as accountancy, the environment, technology, law, human resources, marketing, medicine, finance, economics, public affairs, communication, engineering, sound system design, graphic design, or waste management. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. This article is about people called professionals For the Movie, see The Professional or Leon. Accountancy or accounting is the measurement statement or provision of assurance about financial information primarily used by Lenders managers, Environmental consulting is often a form of compliance Consulting, in which the consultant ensures that the client maintains an appropriate measure of compliance with Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society In popular usage "marketing" is the promotion of products especially Advertising and Branding However in professional usage the term has a wider meaning of Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the The field of finance refers to the concepts of Time, Money and Risk and how they are interrelated Public administration can be broadly described as the development implementation and study of branches of government Policy. Communication is the process of conveying information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium in which the communicated information is understood the same way Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of Sound through mechanical and electronic means The term graphic design can refer to a number of artistic and professional disciplines which focus on visual communication and presentation Waste management is the collection Transport, processing, Recycling or disposal of Waste materials

A consultant is usually an expert or a professional in a specific field and has a wide knowledge of the subject matter. A consultant usually works for a consultancy firm or is self-employed, and engages with multiple and changing clients. Thus, clients have access to deeper levels of expertise than would be feasible for them to retain in-house, and to purchase only as much service from the outside consultant as desired. It is generally accepted good corporate governance to hire consultants as a check to the Principal-Agent problem. In political science and Economics, the principal-agent problem or agency dilemma treats the difficulties that arise under conditions of incomplete and asymmetric

'Consultant' is also the term used to denote the most senior medical position in the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland (e. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. g. , a consultant surgeon). Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via chirurgiae meaning "hand work" is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental

Ways in which consultants work

Often a consultant provides expertise to clients who require a particular type of knowledge or service for a specific period of time, thus providing an economy to the client. In other situations, companies implementing a major project may need additional experienced staff to assist with increased work during that period.

More recently the term is also used euphemistically for temporary staff. A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener or in the case of doublespeak That resource is only temporarily employed by a company to augment the company's core set of employees without providing any unique expertise. A permatemp is an employee whose status is somewhere between a temporary employee and a permanent employee This usually indicates that the consultant could be expended when demand for that particular skill diminishes, though this expendability is sometimes recompensed with higher pay. In this usage, the consultant is usually employed through a limited company which they themselves own, or through an umbrella company. A limited company in the United Kingdom is a Corporation whose liability is limited by law In the United Kingdom, an umbrella company acts as employer to Independent contractors who work under temporary contract usually through a specialist employment Consulting has come under some criticism because of staff augmentation and the high amount of jargon consultants use, also known as consultantese.

Sometimes a consultant is not an independent agent but is a partner or an employee of a consultancy, that is a company that provides consultants to clients on a larger scale or in multiple, though usually related, skill areas. This has advantages both to the client and to the consultant by:

• Providing a pool of talent that can be quickly mobilized as required
• Reassuring the client about the quality of the consultants supplied
• Giving the client access to the experience and methodologies of the whole consultancy rather than an individual
• Introducing the consultant to new experiences and techniques which may, eventually, permeate through the consultancy as a whole

A consultant giving career advice and training to an individual or a team is often termed a coach, and a consultant assisting an organization to develop a new strategy or solve a particular problem is sometimes referred to as a facilitator. This article refers to the act of coaching people For other uses of the word see Coach (disambiguation Coaching -a definitionProminent A facilitator is someone who helps a group of people understand their common objectives and assists them to plan to achieve them without taking a particular position in the discussion

Strategy consultants are common in upper management in many industries. There are also independent consultants who act as interim executives with decision-making power under corporate policies or statutes. They may sit on specially constituted boards or committees.

See also

• Management consulting
• Information technology consulting
• Foreclosure consultant
• Human Resource Consulting
• Public consultation
• Umbrella company
• Certified Management Consultant
• Political consulting
• Consultant (medicine)
• Independent contractor
• Contingent Workforce
• IRS Reclassification
• Permatemp

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Management consulting refers to both the industry of and the practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing business problems Information technology consulting ( IT consulting, technology consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses Foreclosure consultant means any person who makes any solicitation representation or offer to any owner to perform for compensation or who for compensation performs any service which Human resource consulting is a $184 billion industry that has emerged from Management consulting, as clients' needs have become more complex and specialized widening the gap Public consultation, or simply consultation, is a regulatory process by which the public's input on matters affecting them is sought In the United Kingdom, an umbrella company acts as employer to Independent contractors who work under temporary contract usually through a specialist employment Certified Management Consultant (CMC is an international Professional certification for Management consulting professionals awarded by institutes in 44 countries Political consulting, beyond the self-evident definition of consulting in political matters refers to a specific Management consulting industry which has grown up around In the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and parts of the Commonwealth, consultant is the title of a senior doctor who has completed An independent contractor is a Natural person, Business or Corporation which provides goods or services to another entity under terms A contingent workforce is a provisional group of workers who work for an organization on a non-permanent basis also known as freelancers independent professionals temporary contract IRS reclassification as an employee occurs where persons claimed as (or claiming to be Independent contractors are recategorized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS A permatemp is an employee whose status is somewhere between a temporary employee and a permanent employee

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