The oxford handbook of management consulting

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TextPublication details: New York Oxford University Press 2013Description: vii, 558 pISBN:

9780199685165

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658.46 KIP

Summary: Management consultants of various kinds play an important role in the world of business, and within other types of organization. This book is an overview of eminent thinking and research on management consultancy with contributions from leading international scholars. The first section provides an account of the historical developments in management consultancy research, and how current thinking has evolved from prior work. The second section focuses on disciplinary and theoretical perspectives on management consulting, their diversities, areas of synergy, and parallel concerns. The following sections examine consulting as a knowledge business; the consultants in management fashion; and the relationship between management consultants and their clients. The volume concludes with an assessment of areas of future research and debate. By bringing together a wide range of research and thinking on management consultancy across different disciplines, sub-disciplines, and conceptual approaches, this volume provides a comprehensive understanding of both current thinking and future directions for research. (https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/38572)

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Table of contents:
chapter 1 Researching Management Consulting: An Introduction to the HandbookGet accessArrow
Matthias Kipping and Timothy Clark
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1 Historical Development of Management Consulting
Expandchapter 2 The Engineering Origins Of the Consulting Industry And its Long ShadowGet accessArrow
Christopher Wright and Matthias Kipping
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Expandchapter 3 Human Relations And Management Consulting: Elton Mayo And Eric TristGet accessArrow
Richard C. S. Trahair and Kyle Bruce
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Expand4 Institutional Change And The Growth Of Strategy Consulting In The United StatesGet accessArrow
Robert J. David
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Expand5 Cuckoo in the Nest? the Rise of Management Consulting in Large Accounting FirmsGet accessArrow
Megan S. McDougald and Roston Greenwood
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Expand6 It Consulting And Outsourcing Firms: Evolution, Business Models, And Future ProspectsGet accessArrow
Kerim Galal and others
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2 Disciplinary and Theoretical Perspectives
Expand7 Sociological Perspectives On Management ConsultingGet accessArrow
Michael Faust
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Expand8 Consultants In Context: Global Dominance, Societal Effect, And The Capitalist SystemGet accessArrow
Matthias Kipping and Christopher Wright
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Expand9 Professions And Professionalism In Management ConsultingGet accessArrow
Ian Kirkpatrick and others
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Expand10 Economics Approaches To Management ConsultingGet accessArrow
Nicole J. Saam
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Expand11 The Geographies Of Management Consultancy FirmsGet accessArrow
James Faulconbridge and Andrew Jones
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3 Consulting as a Knowledge Business
Expand12 Knowledge Management And Management ConsultingGet accessArrow
Andreas Werr
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Expand13 Consultants And Organization ConceptsGet accessArrow
Stefan Heusinkveld and Jos Benders
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Expand14 Structuring Consulting FirmsGet accessArrow
Timothy Morris and others
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Expand15 Managing Consultants: Control And IdentityGet accessArrow
Mats Alvesson
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4 Consultants and Management Fashion
Expand16 Consultants In The Management Fashion ArenaGet accessArrow
Nicole Jung and Alfred Kieser
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Expand17 Management Gurus As Celebrity ConsultantsGet accessArrow
Timothy Clark and others
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Expand18 Business Schools And Consultancies: The Blurring Of BoundariesGet accessArrow
Lars Engwall
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5 Consultants and their Clients
Expand19 The Nature Of Client–Consultant Interaction: A Critical ReviewGet accessArrow
Natalia Nikolova and Timothy Devinney
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Expand20 The Client In The Client–Consultant RelationshipGet accessArrow
Robin Fincham
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Expand21 Consultants And Clients From Constructivist PerspectivesGet accessArrow
Barbara Czarniawska and Carmelo Mazza
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Expand22 Governments And Management Consultants: Supply, Demand, And EffectivenessGet accessArrow
Denis Saint-Martin
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6 New Avenues for Research
Expand23 The Future Research AgendaGet accessArrow
Andrew Sturdy
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Expand24 Consulting And EthicsGet accessArrow
Dean Krehmeyer and R. Edward Freeman
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Expand25 Gender In Consulting: A Review And Research AgendaGet accessArrow
Elisabeth Kelan
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Expand26 Management Consulting In Developing And Emerging Economies: Towards A Postcolonial PerspectiveGet accessArrow
Michal Frenkel and Yehouda Shenhav
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Management consultants of various kinds play an important role in the world of business, and within other types of organization. This book is an overview of eminent thinking and research on management consultancy with contributions from leading international scholars. The first section provides an account of the historical developments in management consultancy research, and how current thinking has evolved from prior work. The second section focuses on disciplinary and theoretical perspectives on management consulting, their diversities, areas of synergy, and parallel concerns. The following sections examine consulting as a knowledge business; the consultants in management fashion; and the relationship between management consultants and their clients. The volume concludes with an assessment of areas of future research and debate. By bringing together a wide range of research and thinking on management consultancy across different disciplines, sub-disciplines, and conceptual approaches, this volume provides a comprehensive understanding of both current thinking and future directions for research.

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