type public traded as lse mmc industry management consulting services founded chicago usa 1946 headquarters london key people alan barber chairman nicholas stagg ceo revenue 270 million 2010 number of employees 1700 website http www.mcgplc.com management consulting group plc is a consulting company listed on the london stock exchange under the name mmc . the company was originally named alexander proudfoot plc after its founder . in 1993 it shortened its name to proudfoot plc. in january 2001 it changed its name to the current name of management consulting group plc. 1 the company is divided into two independently managed practices alexander proudfoot and kurt salmon . contents 1 alexander proudfoot 1.1 company overview 1.2 studies 2 kurt salmon 3 references 4 external links alexander proudfoot edit company overview edit alexander proudfoot is a consulting company eponymous of its founder alexander proudfoot that was founded in chicago illinois during 1946 . over its history it has also opened offices in south africa hong kong brazil canada france germany chile uk and mexico city . the company was initially known as proudfoot consulting plc and changed its name to that of its founder in 2009 . the company provides strategies for improving the financial and operational infrastructure of client companies . industries that the company has worked within include the defense industry automotive industry banking and construction sectors insurance life sciences mining oil and gas manufacturing and retail telecommunications and transportation . 2 the firm works with private and public companies and is hired to improve the efficiency of those companies over either short term or long term contracts . 3 4 the ceo of the firm is nick stagg and the chairman through the end of 2014 is alan barber . 5 studies edit alexander proudfoot also produces studies regarding workforce dynamics . a 2007 study of theirs showed that during that year the manufacturing sector had a 37 % rate of unproductive work force time and that worldwide companies were 29 % below optimum productive efficiency . 6 7 8 further studies by the firm showing non productivity have shown that the fault is not always with the employees and that often the lack of productivity is the result of bad or faulty management . 9 in 2009 a study by alexander proudfoot showed that on average a salesperson only spends one fifth of their day actually prospecting or closing sales and usually believes they have spent twice the time they actually have on sales work . 10 kurt salmon edit main article kurt salmon kurt salmon is a global management and strategy consulting firm formed by the merger of ineum consulting and kurt salmon associates ksa in january 2011 . references edit management consulting group plc company history alexander proudfoot . businessweek . retrieved june 25 2014 . are all these consultants really necessary . forbes magazine . october 10 1983 . retrieved june 25 2014 . alexander proudfoot lands another consulting contract . cbc . november 15 2012 . retrieved june 25 2014 . management consulting s alexander proudfoot loses its chief executive . morning star . march 5 2014 . retrieved june 25 2014 . classic productivity systems for the assembly manufacturer or distribution center . 2011 . p. 83 . macaulay campbell october 13 2002 . bulletin board ; working 9 to 5 give or take . new york times . retrieved june 25 2014 . deutsche vertr deln arbeitszeit in german . focus . november 17 2008 . retrieved june 25 2014 . g. thomas sims september 6 2004 . slowing european productivity may be boss s fault study says . wall street journal . retrieved june 25 2014 . charles fifield . necessary condition 3 the right day to day operational focus . baylor university . retrieved june 25 2014 . external links edit alexander proudfoot kurt salmon retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title management consulting group & oldid 706409010 categories management consulting firms of the united kingdomhidden categories cs1 german language sources de navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 february 2016 at 04 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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