But what exactly does consulting mean?
Sometimes the term "consulting" is used to include - often valuable - services that are not actually management consulting. The BDU defines management consulting - based on suggestions from science and practice - as follows.
Definition Management Consulting
Management consulting is a professional activity for the external and independent analysis and evaluation of problems of the client, the development of individual solutions as well as project-related support of the implementation, with the aim of creating values as well as promoting necessary changes at the client. It is based on a contractual basis between the client and the consulting firm.