Virtual Consultants and Business Development- Ways to enhance working.

Virtual consultants, also known as teleconsultants, have transformed the traditional view of the consulting field. One is no longer stuck playing host to a mixed team of experienced experts and junior consultants.Today, you can pick a senior consultant to deliver his or her individual, specialized expertise over the phone or via the Internet. This can include anything from online seminars to phone or email consultations, or even a conference call with an independent advisor to double-check information provided by an onsite consulting team from a different company.Teleconsulting services lower costs, improve productivity, and reduce risk. The advent of the internet, email, networks, and video-conferencing allowed the burgeoning teleconsulting market. Today, you can find virtual consultants in nearly every profession – accounting, legal services, and even medicine. While most of us in compliance might still think of consultants as freelance contractors to hire when lots of standard operating procedures beckon, the copywriting and editing expertise of a consultant may be his or her most basic skills. When it comes to quality systems and regulatory compliance, you may be surprised at all the help now available at the click of an email. Advantages The primary benefit of any virtual consulting program is its lower cost – you don’t need to pay for travel and you don’t risk the consultant looking for a permanent gig. Another benefit of consultants can come from using their know-how and expertise to stay on top of current and emerging best practices. A virtual consultant whose knowledge is only based on his or her career at the FDA fifteen years ago is going to find business rapidly dwindling. Most virtual consultants that I know aggressively stay on top of new FDA expectations and industry best practices associated with their field – including awareness of trends and new techniques in non-FDA industries.Hiring a virtual consultant to be an “on call, as needed” expert may be just the right level of expertise called for. Business Development A subset of the fields of Business and commerce, business development comprises a number of tasks and processes generally aiming at developing and implementing growth opportunities.The term business development and its actor, the business developer, have evolved into many usages and applications. Today, the applications of business development and the business developer’s tasks across industries and countries, cover everything from IT-programmers, specialized engineers, advanced marketing or key account management activities, and sales and relations development for current and prospective customers. In the limited scholarly work available on the subject, business development is conceptualized as or related to discrete projects, specific modes of growth, and organizational units, activities, and practices. In a wider perspective, business development refers to "the tasks and processes concerning analytical preparation of potential growth opportunities, the support and monitoring of the implementation of growth opportunities, but does not include decisions on strategy and implementation of growth opportunities" These tasks and processes are performed by business developers. Given the nature of business development activities, the business development function is typically organized as a staff function.

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