Credibility through Professional Qualification and Certification the Bulgarian experience

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Credibility through Professional Qualification
and Certification the Bulgarian experience

• 2006 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY
  CONFERENCE "Trends and Tendencies in Management
  Consulting in an Enlarging Europe"
• Budapest
• November 8 10, 2006

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Certification of consultants the pros (1/2)

• Instant communication of the expertise and
  credibility
• Test against high standards
• Increased skills and knowledge
• Obligatory lifelong learning
• Evidence for high ethical standards

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Certification of consultants the pros (2/2)

• Greater job security
• More respect from managers, colleagues, partners
  and clients
• Increased mobility and better career
  opportunities
• Easier entry into new lines of management
  consulting

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Certification of consultants the cons (1/2)

• Only guarantees the application of general and
  rather elementary criteria
• Cannot show whether a consultant is actually
  suitable for a given job
• Its a free market!

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Certification of consultants the cons (2/2)

• The scope of management consulting is not clearly
  defined
• There is no generally accepted body of knowledge
• The consulting overlaps with other professional
  sectors

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The situation in Bulgaria (1/2)

• The CMC qualification is not massively recognized
  by the clients
• The penetration rate among the consulting
  companies reaches 90
• The major emphasis is put on the trust in the
  consulting company, its branding and the status
  required

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The situation in Bulgaria (2/2)

• Only the big international clients are interested
  in the qualification of the consultants who will
  work for them
• The synergy of branding, price and qualification
  of the employees is crucial
• National traditions are also important

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The professional associations

• They must embrace all groups of interest within
  the profession
• The greatest benefits for the members are in the
  output of professional development
• They should emphasis professional ethics and
  behavior
• There is a clear role for national associations
  on promoting certification

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