THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF «CONSULTING»

This article analyzes the concept of consulting. The identification of the concept of consulting with consulting, economic consulting, business consulting, services and others is analyzed. Approaches to the interpretation of the term «consulting» in modern scientific and applied literature are studied. The specifics of consulting services at the present stage of economic formation are considered. In today's economy, no serious financial transaction is carried out without the help of consultants, so the analysis of the concept of consulting. It was found that the use of the term business (professional) services does not give a clear understanding of the consulting cycle, and discloses consulting only at the level of technical consulting. Conclusions are made on the peculiarities of distinguishing the content of consulting in a broad and narrow sense, it is formulated that the theoretical analysis of consulting should combine substantive and process-content approaches to determining its content.