Read case $2$ and answer the questions that follow

CASE $2$: CONSULTING FIRM STRATEGY

You are the newest member on the management committee of a well$-$known top$-$tier strategy management consulting firm. Eager to be accepted by your more senior peers, you volunteer to study the industry and propose a firm strategy for the $2020\text{'}$s$,$ which you will present to the committee at its next meeting. As you leave the meeting you begin to realize the enormous task to which you've committed yourself.

a$)$ How do you evaluate the consulting environment and determine likely future scenarios? What information do you use in this process? How is this information obtained? $(8$ Marks$)$

b$)$ Discuss what you believe is most likely to happen in the consulting industry given your present knowledge $(7$marks$)$