180 Degrees takes a three-tiered approach to its service provision, with diversified consultancy offerings that aim to accommodate the vast needs of both non-profit organisations and small business. Specifically, these services aim to provide non-profit organisations with innovative ideas to better their provision of social goods, whilst providing small businesses with initiatives to expand their social impact and their bottom line. We provide tailored solutions to individual clients by assembling resources and competencies on a needs basis, and following up on progress made and results achieved.
1. Organisational Planning and Development
Arguably the core competency of 180 Degrees, Organisational Planning and Development houses all of the direct consulting services. It involves the development of existing organisations and operations, the expansion of fledging social initiatives and the provision IT solutions and legal support. More specifically, the services provided include:
Management Consulting
- Business Planning: Aiding the transformation of new ideas from mere visions to articulated business strategies with sustainable operations.
- Business Operations Development: Examining an organisation’s current services and product provision as well as corporate services (finance, accounting, CSR) to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness.
Legal Advice
- Contract Review: Providing non-profits with clarifications over various forms of legal contracts to ensure a transparent understanding of their legal obligations.
- Drafting: Composing a range of sound legal documentation regarding issues such as co-contribution arrangements between two collaborating organisations.
Technical Consulting
- IT solutions: Helping organisations to develop technical infrastructure to support knowledge sharing and communication platforms.
2. Market Review and Analysis
Organisations require precise and explicit market knowledge, allowing them to make assessments on market viability and determine gaps within the market. The services provided include:
- Strategic Industry Analysis: Providing organisations with in-depth understanding of an industry’s current players, market failures and potential areas of viability.
- International Market Research: Examining overseas markets and providing value judgements on the ease of transplanting organisational models into foreign markets.
- Branding: Tailoring solutions for development and management of corporate and product brands.
3. Project Review and Realisation
To ensure that the innovations generated by 180 Degrees translate into lasting changes, we aim to provide an ongoing facility to monitor organisational process and track the implementation of our recommendations. The services provided include:
- Current Process Review: Providing a facility for organisations to detach themselves from their work, and examine how effectively their processes and business plan achieve their intended goals at a certain point in time.
- Strategy Review and Execution: Facilitating the ongoing implementation of recommendations is vital to the effectiveness of 180 Degrees. By setting Key Performance Indicator benchmarks and timelines, we may gauge how well an organisation is keeping to our recommendations.
