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The Business Planning Group's Approach to Management Consulting

Consultants of The Business Planning Group

Background to Business Planning

So, What is a Business Plan

The "One Day" Business Plan

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The Business Planning Group's Consulting Services

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Each of our Principals & Associates has a strong background in middle and senior management as well as successful track records in strategic and operational planning and implementation. In summary, the backgrounds of the two principals are:

Tony Lamond: B.Sc. [Tech] Mech. Engineering, Grad. Dip. Ind. Engineering, B.Com [Econ.], CMC, FAIM, MIMC, MAICD.

His experience, both in senior management roles [in business and in Government] and in management consulting, has spanned:

• Production planning;
• Corporate and functional, strategic and operational planning;
• Corporate planning;
• Market research;
• Industrial marketing;
• Industry economic research;
• Trade practices investigations; and
• Development of co-ordinated industry structure and economic studies.

He is particularly skilled in the assessment of an organisation's competitive capacities and in converting the policy and regulatory initiatives of Government, and domestic and international economic studies and forecasts, into quantifiable assessments specific to a particular industry or company, and presenting them in a manner which is readily understandable and useable as part of the business/marketing planning process.

His technical background, in mechanical and industrial engineering, and subsequently in industry economics means that he has the knowledge and experience to effectively advise enterprises on what is required to achieve an efficient and internationally-competitive production process.

Ivan Watt: B.Com.[Mktg], CMC, FAIM, FQSA, MIMC, MAICD

His experience, in senior management roles and in management consulting, both in Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific Region, has spanned:

• Corporate and functional, strategic and operational planning;
• Organisational change management;
• Marketing management;
• Sales & sales management;
• Corporate administration;
• Management information services [MIS];
• Human resource management; and
• Training and development.

Prior to establishing his own management consultancy Ivan Watt held middle & senior management positions spanning more than 20 years in major trans-national corporations. He has developed a particular expertise the proceses and functions of management, in the strategic & operational planning process, in marketing planning, and in organisational development and improvement.

Professional Recognition

In addition to their professional qualifications:

• both Principals are Fellows of the Australian Institute of Management;
• both Principals are Certified Management consultants [CMC] and full members of the Institute of Management Consultants.
• the Principals are AusIndustry accredited consultants in Strategic Business Planning and Marketing Planning and Export Marketing Planning.

Ivan Watt has also been elected to the grade of Fellow of the Quality Society of Australasia.