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'''Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.''', referred to as '''Booz Allen''' is one of the oldest [[strategy consulting]] firms in the world.{{Fact|date=April 2007}} The firm formerly had two consulting divisions: WCB (Worldwide Commercial Business, also known as “The Commercial Side”) and WTB (Worldwide Technology Business, also known as “The Government Side”). These two divisions were merged during a recent restructuring - currently the firm is organized into the following units: Global Commercial Markets, Global Government Markets, Global Functional Capabilities, Global Integrated Markets, and Global Operations.
'''Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.''', referred to as '''Booz Allen''' is one of the oldest [[strategy consulting]] firms in the world.[http://www.vault.com/companies/company_main.jsp?co_page=1&product_id=321&ch_id=252] The firm formerly had two consulting divisions: WCB (Worldwide Commercial Business, also known as “The Commercial Side”) and WTB (Worldwide Technology Business, also known as “The Government Side”). These two divisions recently restructured into functional service lines (Strategy, Design, Transformation) and business units: Global Commercial Markets, Global Government Markets, Global Functional Capabilities, Global Integrated Markets, and Global Operations.[http://www.boozallen.com/about]


Booz Allen is a private company with corporate headquarters in [[McLean, Virginia]] and over 100 offices on 6 continents. Dr. Ralph Shrader is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the firm—the seventh chairman since the firm's founding in 1914.
Booz Allen is a private company with corporate headquarters in [[McLean, Virginia]] and over 100 offices on 6 continents. Dr. Ralph Shrader is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the firm—the seventh chairman since the firm's founding in 1914.


Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. competes with strategy firms like [[McKinsey & Company]], [[Boston Consulting Group|The Boston Consulting Group]], and [[Bain & Company]] to work with many leading corporations and global governments, agencies, NGOs, as well as nearly every part of the U.S. Government and military infrastructure, on contracts involving strategy, operations, organization and change, and information technology.{{Fact|date=April 2007}} The Global Government Markets unit (formerly WTB) primarily competes with [[SAIC]], [[IBM]], [[Accenture]], and other systems integrators and defense contractors.
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. competes with strategy firms like [[McKinsey & Company]], [[Boston Consulting Group|The Boston Consulting Group]], and [[Bain & Company]] to work with many leading corporations and global governments, agencies, NGOs, as well as nearly every part of the U.S. Government and military infrastructure, on contracts involving strategy, operations, organization and change, and information technology.[http://www.boozallen.com/capabilities/Industries] The Global Government Markets unit (formerly WTB) primarily competes with [[SAIC]], [[IBM]], [[Accenture]], and other systems integrators and defense contractors.


Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., is incorporated in [[Delaware]] as a privately held corporation, wholly owned by its approximately 300 officers. The firm was once public in the 1970s ([[Time]] magazine named it the most prestigious management firm in the world){{Fact|date=April 2007}}, but the partners took the firm private again through one of the first [[management buyout]]s (MBO) after realizing that meeting quarterly numbers was not necessarily good for client relationships.{{Fact|date=April 2007}} Booz Allen has numerous geographic subsidiaries around the world, with a concentration in the United States, Europe, and the Far East, notably in the Middle East, Japan, Korea, and [[Greater China]].
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., is incorporated in [[Delaware]] as a privately held corporation, wholly owned by its approximately 300 officers. The firm was once public in the 1970s [http://www.boozallen.com/about/history/history_7] ([[Time]] magazine named it the most prestigious management firm in the world)[http://www.boozallen.com/about/history/history_5], but the partners took the firm private again through one of the first [[management buyout]]s (MBO) to allow the firm to consider long-range investments that companies beholden to shareholders might not be able to make.[http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/22_08/30651-1.html] Booz Allen has numerous geographic subsidiaries around the world, with a concentration in the United States, Europe, and the Far East, notably in the Middle East, Japan, Korea, and [[Greater China]].


With 19,000 employees on six continents, and double digit growth rates over the past seven years due primarily to growth in its public sector business, the firm generated annual total sales of over $4 billion in FY2007.{{Fact|date=April 2007}} Booz Allen's notable intellectual business successes include the HBS-honored [http://www.orgdna.com/ OrgDNA] framework, the [[Program Evaluation and Review Technique|PERT]] management technique and the [[Product Lifecycle Management|product lifecycle]] theory. It was also responsible for coining the phrase "[[supply chain management]]".{{Fact|date=April 2007}}
With ~18,000 employees on six continents, and double digit growth rates over the past seven years due primarily to growth in its public sector business, the firm generated annual total sales of over $4 billion in FY2007.[http://www.boozallen.com/about] Booz Allen's notable intellectual business successes include the HBS-honored [http://www.orgdna.com/ OrgDNA] framework, the [[Program Evaluation and Review Technique|PERT]] management technique and the [[Product Lifecycle Management|product lifecycle]] theory. It was also responsible for coining the phrase "[[supply chain management]]".{{Fact|date=April 2007}}


==History==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.boozallen.com Booz Allen Hamilton official website]
*[http://www.boozallen.com Booz Allen Hamilton official website]



==Footnotes==





Revision as of 00:05, 26 July 2007

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Company typePrivate limited corporation
IndustryManagement Consulting
Founded1914
Headquarters
McLean, Virginia
,
USA
Key people
Dr. Ralph Shrader, Chairman & CEO
ProductsStrategy Consulting
Technology Consulting
RevenueUS$4 billion (FY2006)
Number of employees
about 18,000 consultants
Websitewww.boozallen.com

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., referred to as Booz Allen is one of the oldest strategy consulting firms in the world.[1] The firm formerly had two consulting divisions: WCB (Worldwide Commercial Business, also known as “The Commercial Side”) and WTB (Worldwide Technology Business, also known as “The Government Side”). These two divisions recently restructured into functional service lines (Strategy, Design, Transformation) and business units: Global Commercial Markets, Global Government Markets, Global Functional Capabilities, Global Integrated Markets, and Global Operations.[2]

Booz Allen is a private company with corporate headquarters in McLean, Virginia and over 100 offices on 6 continents. Dr. Ralph Shrader is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the firm—the seventh chairman since the firm's founding in 1914.

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. competes with strategy firms like McKinsey & Company, The Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Company to work with many leading corporations and global governments, agencies, NGOs, as well as nearly every part of the U.S. Government and military infrastructure, on contracts involving strategy, operations, organization and change, and information technology.[3] The Global Government Markets unit (formerly WTB) primarily competes with SAIC, IBM, Accenture, and other systems integrators and defense contractors.

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., is incorporated in Delaware as a privately held corporation, wholly owned by its approximately 300 officers. The firm was once public in the 1970s [4] (Time magazine named it the most prestigious management firm in the world)[5], but the partners took the firm private again through one of the first management buyouts (MBO) to allow the firm to consider long-range investments that companies beholden to shareholders might not be able to make.[6] Booz Allen has numerous geographic subsidiaries around the world, with a concentration in the United States, Europe, and the Far East, notably in the Middle East, Japan, Korea, and Greater China.

With ~18,000 employees on six continents, and double digit growth rates over the past seven years due primarily to growth in its public sector business, the firm generated annual total sales of over $4 billion in FY2007.[7] Booz Allen's notable intellectual business successes include the HBS-honored OrgDNA framework, the PERT management technique and the product lifecycle theory. It was also responsible for coining the phrase "supply chain management".[citation needed]

History

Upon graduating from Northwestern University in 1914, Edwin G. Booz, had an idea. He believed that companies would be more successful if they could call on someone outside their own organizations for expert, impartial advice.[8] In doing so, he created a new profession — management consulting — and the firm that would bear his name, Booz Allen Hamilton.

Mr. Booz was soon joined by his co-founder, James L. Allen, who became the second name partner at the firm.

Booz Allen Hamilton has a longstanding relationship with the CIA[citation needed] and other intelligence agencies, with current and former employees including former Director of Central Intelligence, R. James Woolsey, former CIA employee Miles Copeland, Jr., and former NSA Director Mike McConnell, who is now the second Director of National Intelligence.

Competitors

Booz Allen Hamilton's top competitors include A.T. Kearney, Bain & Co.,The Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Co. in the strategy consulting market.

Booz Allen also competes with Accenture, Boeing, IBM, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, and other systems integrators and defense contractors in the technology consulting market.

Notable current and former employees

Business

Politics and public service

Other


Offices

Booz Allen's headquarters in is Mclean, VA. The firm has offices in many U.S. states, with a concentration of offices in and around the Washington, D.C. area as a bulk of their clients (especially the U.S. government) are based in that area. Booz Allen also maintains offices in over 20 countries outside the U.S., including sites in Central & South America, Europe, the Near East, South Asia, East Asia & Oceana, and Australia and New Zealand.


Footnotes

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