Accenture is the world's largest multinational management, consulting, outsourcing and technology services company as measured by revenues, with approximately more than 275,000 employees serving different types of clients in more than 120 countries throughout the globe. Its headquarter is located in Dublin, Republic of Ireland which was formerly located in Bermuda. According to the July 2013 report of Fortune magazine the Accenture PLC has been ranked at number 146 in FT Global 500. Currently India is considered as the single largest employee base for Accenture, with a headcount of approximately 87,000, whereas the USA and Philippines are on 2nd and 3rd number with a headcount of 40,000 and 35,000 respectively. Accenture is a member of S&P 500 index and its equity is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Accenture organizes its people and services into three primary cross functional groupings. The client engagement teams of Accenture typically consist upon a combination of capability specialist, industry experts and professionals with local market knowledge. There are four types of workforces that are working in the Accenture for the provision of services to its clients and as well as for its own self in the areas of consulting, outsourcing and technology. The four types of workforces and their functions are discussed here under.
Consulting.
Provide management consulting, the application of technologies to business and process design work. The unit is also responsible for the delivery, sales and leadership of most of the project based work of Accenture.
Services.
This unit usually focuses on the outsourcing engagements in the areas of maintenance, business operations, IT and Application development, HR and help desk services. Sometimes they also work as an internal Enterprise team.
Solutions.
The technology solutions subsidiary of Accenture usually focuses on those specific technology skills that are needed to deliver projects or arrangements regarding outsourcing.