The textbook contains systematized material on key topics of the discipline "Management consulting", including information about the goals and objectives of consulting work, the organization of the consulting system, methods and methods of diagnostics and testing of the objects under study, among which may be enterprises and organizations, management systems, labor and training teams. The textbook includes exercises, business games, tests, analysis of specific situations that arise in the business environment, on the materials of which practical training sessions can be built. The thematic scope and depth of the textbook material fully meet the requirements of the Federal state educational standard of higher education of the last generation. The publication is intended for students and teachers of higher education institutions, postgraduates, as well as managers of personnel management services and consultants on management and organizational development.