All too often, companies hire outside consultants to suggest ways for the company to operate more efficiently. If companies were to spend more time listening to their own employees, such consultants would be unnecessary.
The world of corporate management comes with delicate long-term decisions to make, and choices of outside consulting are no exception. Oftentimes, companies will resort to outside consultants much to the dismay of its employees. Some argue that in-house talent always has the know-how and dedication better suited to these strategic and operational decisions, but oftentimes, the decision is not so clear.
Of course, there are many circumstances where an employee-driven strategy trumps that prescribed by an outside firm. Employees often know the ins and outs of their own company better than a consulting firm would, which can be an important edge in its strategy. For example, a local farm stand in rural Pennsylvania may understand the intricate consumer mindset of the specific towns it caters towards; in this case, it may be better off listening its employees' suggestions.
Furthermore, employees are often more passionate about the business' overarching goals. Just as a hobbyist woodworker trusts their own work over a day-to-day contractor, these employees provide a well of deep knowledge and passion that outside consultants may not offer. A consultant may suggest cost-cutting software development practices as an efficiency improvement for a banking company; employees, however, may recognize the increased security risks and future overhead in that move and suggest more long-sighted improvements to the company. In this way, employees shine where consultants fall short.
On the other hand, consultants can surely provide expertise in areas where a company's own talent is lacking, which can provide a huge boon to its efficiency. Take, for example, the Pennsylvania farm stand from before. If it were to try to expand to an internet-driven sales model delivering across the country, it may benefit the company to call in the help of consultants with e-commerce experience. They could provide expertise in website design, marketing, and logistics that local employees may not have.
Furthermore, oftentimes a company's sophisticated corporate maneuvers may call for additional outside help. When was the last time a company underwrote its own IPO? Or fully represented itself in a lawsuit? In these circumstances, for better or for worse, consultants do provide a much-needed edge that companies may not be able to match no matter how much they listen to their employees.
Thus, while in many circumstances a company's employees can proffer valuable operational advice well-tailored to a company's needs, some challenges may fall outside the realm of employees' proficiencies. Then, calling for an outside consultant may be a smart move.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, however, if, may, so, then, thus, well, while, for example, of course, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 19.5258426966 56% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 33.0505617978 79% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 58.6224719101 89% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2255.0 2235.4752809 101% => OK
No of words: 409.0 442.535393258 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.51344743276 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49708221141 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.16681136683 2.79657885939 113% => OK
Unique words: 225.0 215.323595506 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.550122249389 0.4932671777 112% => OK
syllable_count: 693.9 704.065955056 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.9625693463 60.3974514979 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.75 118.986275619 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.45 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.3 5.21951772744 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.342181833017 0.243740707755 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.104267751778 0.0831039109588 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0691570119865 0.0758088955206 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.186276047834 0.150359130593 124% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0461480163184 0.0667264976115 69% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.7 14.1392134831 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 48.8420337079 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.68 12.1639044944 121% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 100.480337079 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.