The Business Consulting was the rise of management as a unique field of study. The first management consultancy Arthur D. Little was founded in 1886 by MIT professor with the same name. [Edit] In spite of Arthur D. Little later a general management consulting, has been in the technical research, originally specialized. Booz & Company was founded by Edwin G. Booz, a graduate of serving the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1914 as a management consultant and the first industry and authorities.

After the Second World War, a series of new management consulting firms in the form, especially the Boston Consulting Group, founded in 1963, the rigorous analytical approach to the study of management and strategy launched. The work developed at the Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey, Booz & Company and Harvard Business School in the 1960s and 70s, the tools and concepts to define the new field of strategic management, followed by the creation of databases for many search firms. In 1983, sat down, the influence of the Harvard Business School in the industry with the founding of the Monitor Group of six teachers.

One of the reasons why management consulting grew first in the U.S. is due to deep cultural factors was accepted: he that (may not unlike eg Europe), the management and the board therefore has jurisdiction in all cases, therefore, was the Purchase of foreign competition to see how a normal way to solve a business. This is called a "contract" in relation to known management [edit]. In contrast, in Europe, the management team to the emotional and cultural dimensions in which the director is obliged to provide relevant context possible. This is called "pater familias" pattern [Citation needed known]. Therefore, looking for (and pay) the external expertise was viewed as insufficient] [Edit. However, it is sometimes argued that in those days, the average educational level of the executives significantly lower in the U.S. In Europe, where managers were graduates of the Grandes Ecoles (France) or "Doktor" (Germany), although this is difficult, because the quantify very different management structures in the U.S. and European companies [edit].

Only after the Second World War, following the development of international trade by the U.S. management consultancy, who fought in Europe. The current market is a clear segmentation of management consulting firms. [Edit]

Another branch is Management Consulting Human Resources Consulting. These companies offer their clients advice on financial and retirement security, health, employment and productivity of its global workforce