Changes in the Selection Criteria of a Management Consultant in North-Eastern Hungary 2001–2016

The Institute of Business Sciences of the University of Miskolc conducted a survey in2001, 2005-06, 2011-12 and 2015-16 among consultants and their clients. In this study,the author presents on the basis of which aspects the clients choose a consultant,what the difference is between the opinion of the consultants and their clients, howthese aspects changed in the examined period, and how the consultants would beable to meet their clients’ requirements. According to the surveys, consultants – in thecase of most selection criteria – see the importance of the single criteria similarly totheir clients and perceive its change similarly. More flexible, more complex, and moresolution orientated proposals would make the consultants more convenient to theirclients