702000 Business and other management consultancy activities

This type includes the provision of advice, guidance and operational assistance to businesses and other organisations on management issues (for example, corporate strategic and organisational planning, business process re-engineering, change management, cost reduction and other financial issues; marketing objectives and policies; human resources policies, practices and planning; compensation and retirement strategies; production scheduling and control planning).

This provision of business services may include advice, guidance or operational assistance to businesses and the public service regarding:

• design of accounting methods or procedures
• cost accounting programmes
• budgetary control procedures
• public procurement procedures
• business start-up service activities
• planning, organisation, efficiency and control
• management information, etc.

This type also includes:

• certification of management (e.g. by management audits)
• activities of a management company, exercising the mandate of a director or a manager

This type excludes:

• design of computer software for accounting systems, see 621000
• legal advice and representation, see 6910
• accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities, tax consulting, see 692000
• supervisory activities and management of other units of the enterprise or enterprise group, see 7010
• architectural and engineering advisory activities, see 7111, 7112
• provision of advice, guidance and operational assistance on public relations and communication, see 733000
• environmental, agronomy and similar consulting activities, see 749901
• consulting activities for executive search and placement, see 781000
• activities of casting agents, see 781000
• staff selection activities, see 781000
• educational consulting activities, see 856900