Role-Based Programme
RB1104

AI for Management Consulting & Decision Support

Smarter Problem Solving, Analysis & Strategic Recommendations

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Duration
4 Hours
Level
Awareness
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Awareness Session

Programme Objectives

  • Understand how AI can support Management Consulting and Decision Support across research, problem structuring, analysis, option development, and recommendation building.
  • Explore practical AI applications for analysing business challenges, synthesising information, identifying insights, and preparing client or management-ready outputs.
  • Apply structured prompting techniques to improve hypothesis development, issue analysis, scenario thinking, and decision support.
  • Use AI to improve productivity across research, workshop preparation, business cases, executive briefs, and presentations.
  • Recognise source quality, confidentiality, bias, assumptions, governance, and human-judgement requirements when using AI for consulting and decision-making.

Tools covered

Generative AI AssistantsAI Search & ResearchDocument AnalysisData AnalysisProblem StructuringScenario AnalysisDecision FrameworksExecutive SummarisationAI-Powered Presentation & Communication Tools

Who should attend

  • Management Consultants
  • Business Consultants
  • Strategy Consultants
  • Internal Consulting Professionals
  • Advisory Professionals
  • Decision Support Analysts
  • Business Analysts
  • Strategy Analysts
  • Corporate Strategy Professionals
  • Transformation Consultants
  • Business Excellence Professionals
  • Program & Project Consultants
  • PMO Professionals
  • Management Advisory Professionals
  • Senior Business Analysts

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Basic understanding of business analysis, consulting, strategy, or management decision-making
  • Familiarity with business reports, research, or problem-solving activities is helpful
  • Basic analytical and presentation skills
  • No programming or technical AI knowledge required
  • No previous AI-tool experience required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Generative AI and its relevance to consulting and business decision support
  • Exploring AI applications across research, analysis, problem-solving, option development, and communication
  • Understanding the difference between AI assistance, analytics, research, and consultant judgement
  • Recognising AI limitations, hallucinations, incomplete evidence, and unsupported recommendations
Practical activities
  • Identifying high-value AI applications across a typical consulting engagement
  • Comparing a traditional consulting task with an AI-assisted approach

Scenarios

Business Problem to Consulting Recommendation

Business Problem → AI-Assisted Structuring → Hypotheses → Research & Evidence → Analysis → Strategic Options → Recommendation

Participants use AI to structure a sample business challenge, develop hypotheses, analyse available evidence, compare alternative responses, and prepare a concise consulting recommendation.

Multiple Business Options to Executive Decision Brief

Decision Requirement → Evaluation Criteria → Option Comparison → Risks & Trade-Offs → Scenario Review → Recommendation → Executive Brief

Participants use AI to evaluate several business options using defined criteria and convert the analysis into an executive-ready decision brief containing evidence, risks, assumptions, and recommended next steps.

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