Role-Based Programme
RB1107

AI for Management Consulting & Decision Support

Advanced Problem Solving, Strategic Analysis & Executive Recommendations

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Duration
32 Hours
Level
Advanced
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Capability Development

Programme Objectives

  • Develop advanced capability to use AI across consulting engagements, business diagnosis, research, analysis, problem-solving, and executive decision support.
  • Apply AI-assisted frameworks to structure ambiguous business problems, generate hypotheses, analyse evidence, evaluate alternatives, and develop recommendations.
  • Use AI to accelerate market research, data interpretation, benchmarking, business-case development, scenario analysis, and stakeholder communication.
  • Improve the quality of consulting deliverables through stronger evidence, structured reasoning, validation, executive storylining, and decision-oriented communication.
  • Build an AI-enabled consulting workflow that supports faster analysis, stronger recommendations, and responsible executive decision-making.

Tools covered

Generative AI AssistantsAI Search & Deep ResearchDocument IntelligenceData AnalysisStrategic FrameworksRoot Cause AnalysisScenario ModellingDecision MatricesBusiness Case AnalysisExecutive StoryliningAI-Powered PresentationsKnowledge Assistants

Who should attend

  • Management Consultants
  • Senior Consultants
  • Strategy Consultants
  • Business Consultants
  • Internal Consulting Professionals
  • Advisory Professionals
  • Decision Support Professionals
  • Strategy Managers
  • Business Analysts
  • Transformation Consultants
  • Corporate Strategy Professionals
  • Business Excellence Professionals
  • PMO & Transformation Office Professionals
  • Consulting Engagement Managers
  • Senior Managers Responsible for Strategic Decision Support

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Experience in consulting, strategy, business analysis, transformation, or management decision support
  • Familiarity with structured problem-solving, business cases, research, and executive presentations
  • Basic awareness of Generative AI and common business applications
  • Comfort working with qualitative and quantitative business information
  • No programming knowledge required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Generative AI, reasoning models, deep research, document intelligence, and analytical assistance
  • Exploring AI applications across consulting research, analysis, problem-solving, and recommendation development
  • Distinguishing AI-assisted consulting from conventional research and analytical approaches
  • Understanding hallucinations, incomplete context, evidence gaps, and human accountability
Practical activities
  • Mapping AI opportunities across the consulting engagement lifecycle
  • Identifying consulting activities suitable for augmentation or automation
  • Creating an AI opportunity map for consulting teams

Scenarios

Declining Business Performance to Executive Recommendation

Business Problem → Issue Tree → Hypotheses → Data & Market Research → Root Causes → Strategic Options → Business Case → Executive Recommendation

Participants use AI to diagnose a complex business-performance challenge, test hypotheses against evidence, evaluate alternative responses, and develop a structured recommendation for senior leadership.

Strategic Investment Decision Support

Investment Question → Market & Competitive Analysis → Strategic Fit → Financial Assessment → Scenario Testing → Risk Analysis → Decision Matrix → Executive Decision Brief

Participants use AI to assess a major strategic investment, compare alternatives, challenge assumptions, quantify value and risk, and prepare an evidence-based decision brief for an executive committee.

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