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Politics & Public Sector
Consulting in Politics and the Public sector became an important market for Consulting services in the recent years. In order to transform public services approximately £20bn were spend for consulting services in the years between 1997 and 2006 according to timesonline.co.uk.
As public institutions are likely to have a lack of efficiency and flexibility in management compared to private companies external support provides techniques and precedures to recommend necessary changes. This lack could have been caused by the incentives for managers in public administrations which tend to be weaker, or by the lack of experience of polititians which are often in the power of institutions.