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romania chairman ; brian ing uk secretary ; dwight mihalicz canada treasurer ; rob bodenstein austria vice chairman ; elena yuzkova ukraine vice chairman ; kim karme finland vice chairman ; chayaditt hutanuwatra thailand vice chairman ; francesco d aprile italy past chair ; reema nasser jordan executive director services consulting services website http icmci.org the international council of management consulting institutes has since 1987 been the professional body worldwide for management consultants . 1 it exists to elevate the standards of management consultants worldwide increase the acceptance and respect of the management consulting profession increase the international and regional profile of management consulting improve the process of certification throughout the world provide a forum for national certifying bodies of management consultants prepare and promulgate standards for management consulting to be adopted internationally the practice of management consulting is about helping organizations to improve their performance operating primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and the development of plans for improvement . with the purpose of gaining external and presumably objective advice and access to the consultants specialized expertise . it follows therefore that there is scope for an international organization to promote and foster competence in the management consulting profession . icmci has demonstrated that indigenous competent professional management consultants add capacity and capability to an economy . others have shown that on average the achieved benefits of management consultancy assignments are at least three times the fees charged . research has shown that indigenous competent professional management consultants add capacity and capability to an economy and in developing economies can increase the success of development projects management consultants build a country s competitiveness by speeding and making more effective the implementation of new management techniques and organisational improvements a successful cadre of professional management consultants aids the improvement of the management profession in a country developed economies tend to have about one management consultant per one thousand total population whereas developing economies have one for every two thousand . on this basis there are between 2.5 m and 3m people who refer to themselves as management consultants in the world . icmci member institutes represent countries in all continents that include between 85 % and 90 % of the world s management consultants . contents 1 icmci organisation 2 certified management consultant cmc 3 history 4 cmc firm 5 the icmci academic fellow 6 membership 7 international programmes 8 global chair icmci 9 references 10 external links icmci organisation edit icmci is a membership organisation with the only members being the leading professional body for management consultancy committed to the certification of management consultants in the country of their operation . icmci is registered as a swiss verein with its main council consisting of trustees . most of the trustees are appointed by the institutes that are the members as defined in the above paragraph . the number of trustees for each country varies from 1 to 4 depending on the individual membership by individual management consultants in the country . the remaining trustees are officer trustees voted for every two years by all the trustees the officers are chair secretary treasurer and five vice chairs . together these officers form the executive committee excom . reporting to excom are various other committees work groups and task bodies depending on need . permanent committees include membership committee responsible for overseeing the admittance of new members and the continuing adherence to the membership requirements of the existing members the professional standards committee which covers all professional matters including standards and the quality assurance committee responsible for checking that all full members award the certified management consultant to the agreed standard using the preferred assessment methods . a nominations and succession planning committee responsible for the election of officers and identifying and nurturing potential future office holders reports to the trustees as a whole . other committees always include some trustees but also may have individual management consultant members of the institutes and endorsed to be on the committee by that institute all the office holders must be cmc holders and at the time of the election a trustee for one of the full members . they are unpaid and contribute between on average three to one day a week of effort to the organisation . the organisation has in 2013 appointed an executive director . in support the organisation has a permanent secretariat which undertakes the committee and trustee support including accounting communications and web site provision . the web site www.icmci.org should be consulted for the names and contact details of the office holders the executive directorate and the secretariat . certified management consultant cmc edit professional buyers of management consultancy worldwide specify that the key requirements of a management consultancy are in ascending order of priority knowledge of management the function the sector the general economy the processes and the business professions skills analytic and inter personal competence the ability to manage the assignment in close communication with the client and trust keeping organisational secrets maintaining confidentiality integrity . the major buyers are aware that the mb a provides evidence of underpinning knowledge and analytic skills and depending on the course maybe some courses in consultancy and a short period of relevant work experience . icmci understood these requirements and has developed the certified management consultant qualification see separate entry certified management consultant . this is primarily awarded by a competence based assessment against a defined icmci standard competence framework see http www.icmci.org page 6972393 which uses prerequisites of evidence of possessing the underpinning knowledge and at least three years of successful practice . client cases are examined and a competence assessment is undertaken . all holders of the qualification are required to be a member of their national icmci member and thus are committed to a code of professional conduct at least as restrictive as that defined in the icmci standard see www.icmci.com failures to comply are subject to a disciplinary procedure which can result in the removal of the cmc designation . the certified management consultant is the equivalent that is taking into account cultural differences in all countries and was the first worldwide single business professional qualification . history edit in may 1987 thirty two management consultants from ten countries met to explore the common ground between professional institutes which were known to certify individual management consultants . at the end of the two day meeting the delegates proposed the formation of an international council of management consulting institutes to improve the certification of management consultants around the world . imcs of seven countries formed the founding members of the new council . in 1989 the council organizational structure including membership requirements and application process were in place . membership had grown to ten imcs with four applications pending . the thirty delegates from eleven countries who attended this session ratified the structure and membership criteria agreed to establish icmci as a swiss verein and approved the icmci code of professional conduct . this icmci code became the first and still may be the only international code of conduct of any profession . in 1993 the icmci strategic plan was adopted by the members . the features of this plan included international standards support and adherence by member institutes increased international recognition with support by international influencers and member institutes for certification of competent management consultants to the cmc certified management consultant a title originating from our canadian member who were delighted to enable icmci to use the title worldwide . from 1999 to 2003 the standards for the competence qualification cmc were developed and agreed . a quality assurance programme was developed to ensure that all awarded the cmc were to an equivalent standard the first business qualification to achieve this . the cmc is the world class benchmark of management consultancy competence objectivity independence and professionalism . in july 2001 icmci was granted special consultative status by the united nation s economic and social council ecosoc . icmci since then has provided research based research papers in support of the un or its member bodies objectives . since 2007 icmci has increased its working with international bodies and organisations including iso international organisation for standardisation cen centre for european norms ebrd european bank for reconstruction and development iaf international accreditation forum and ilo international labour organisation icmci member countries in 2011 icmci began a coordinated series of initiatives which have led already to the appointment of icmci academic fellows the first awarding of the title cmc firm . icmci is recognised for the constantinus awards which promote excellence in consulting worldwide 2 and 3 cmc firm edit the cmc firm is an international accreditation of management consulting firms driven by the international council of management consulting institutes icmci and supported by all the institutes of management consulting members of icmci . icmci manages the global directory of the cmc firms published within the icmci web site . the concept is based on accrediting a firm in recognition for its high standards of excellence with a specific focus on ethical practices standards of conduct as well as its practice of management consulting . more specifically in order to be granted the cmc firm title the firm would have to be evaluated in making sure that codes of ethics and standards of conduct are similar to those of the icmci . in addition to this the firm would also have to demonstrate that its management consultants are practicing management consulting following a similar body of knowledge as the one which is the foundation of the certified management consulting profession . one way to determine this is by reviewing internal development programs career paths as well as clearly demonstrating that a number of senior management consulting practitioners are either already cmcs or working towards getting their designation . aspect 1 code of conduct the cmc firm must follow a code of conduct that is equivalent to or better than the icmci code which is shared by more than 46 countries across the world . evidence for this requirement may include company training and communications company publications code of conduct etc. feedback from clients confirmation by local imc recognition by other consultancies feedback from consultants public information internet news media etc. aspect 2 professional development processes the cmc firm must recruit train and develop its consultants to meet standards of professional competence which are equivalent to or better than the icmci competency model . evidence for this requirement may include recruitment policies management consulting firm competency model training programs for consultants personal development planning and appraisal processes qualifications of consultants cmc etc. time and resources for training feedback from clients consultancy reports and presentations aspect 3 player in the professional environment the cmc firm must participate actively in the management consultancy profession in all countries in which it operates . evidence for this requirement may include affiliation with trade industry organisations and professional bodies publication of professional articles reviews blogs public speaking and conferences teaching management consultancy in business