SBI 70.20—Business and other management consultancy activities

Where 70.20 sits

1. N Professional, scientific and technical activities
2. 70 Activities of head offices and management consultancy
3. 70.2 Business and other management consultancy activities
4. 70.20 Business and other management consultancy activities

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 70.20.1 Activities of organisational consultancy firms
• 70.20.2 Management and business consultancy activities (not public relations or organisational consultancy)

What 70.20 includes

• Providing advice, guidelines, and practical support to companies and other organizations in the field of management (e.g., the strategic and organizational planning of an enterprise, the review of business processes, change management, proposing cost-saving measures and resolving other financial issues, determining marketing objectives and marketing policy, personnel policy and its implementation and planning, salary and pension policy, and planning of production and controls)
• These business services may also relate to advice, guidelines, and practical support to companies and government services regarding: • the design of accounting methods or procedures • cost accounting programs • budget monitoring procedures • public procurement procedures • services for start-ups • planning, organization, efficiency, and control • management information, etc.
• Management certification (e.g., via management audits)
• Activities of a management company, under the mandate of a director or manager.

What 70.20 excludes

• Development of software for accounting systems, see62100
• Legal advice and legal representation, see 6910
• Activities in the field of accountancy, bookkeeping and auditing and activities of tax consultants, see 6920
• Supervision and management of other units of the enterprise or class of enterprises, see 70102
• Architectural and technical advice, see 7111, 71120
• Advice, guidance and practical support in the field of public relations and communication, see 73300
• Advice in the field of environment, agriculture and similar activities, see 74990
• Advice on the recruitment and placement of executives (headhunters), see 78100
• Activities of casting agencies, see 78100
• Personnel selection, see 78100
• Advice in the field of education, see 85690

70.20 in other systems