Activities of consulting executives and managers on a wide range of financial, commercial, legal, technological, technical, and expert issues. The purpose of consulting is to help the control system (management) to achieve its goals.

In other words: consulting is management consulting on a wide range of issues in the financial, legal, technological, technical, and expert activities provided by external consultants to solve a particular problem. Consulting companies specialize in particular areas of activity (e.g., financial, human resources, organizational, strategic)