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The Oxford Handbook of Management Consulting
Matthias Kipping ; Timothy Clark
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Últimas novedades management
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Comprehensive review of state-of-the art thinking on management consultancy Contributions from leading international scholars in the field Examines main theoretical approaches and key empirical themes Interdisciplinary approach spanning organization, management studies, economics, and sociology Management consultants of various kinds play an important role in the world of business, and within other types of organization. The Oxford Handbook on Management Consulting is a comprehensive overview of thinking and research on management consultancy with contributions from leading international scholars.
The first section provides an account of the historical developments in management consulting research, and how current thinking has evolved from prior work. The second section focuses on disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, their diversities, areas of synergy, and parallel concerns. The following sections examine consulting as a knowledge business, consultants and management fashion, and the relationship between management consultants and their clients. The Handbook concludes with an assessment of areas of future research and debate.
By bringing together a wide range of research and thinking on management consulting across different disciplines, sub-disciplines, and conceptual approaches, the Handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of both current thinking and future directions for research.
Readership: Academics, researchers, and advanced students in the field of Organization Studies, Management Consultancy, Strategy, Professional Services, Knowledge and Innovation; practitioners, especially management consultants and clients.
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1: Matthias Kipping and Timothy Clark: Introduction Section 1: Historical Development of Management Consulting 2: Christopher Wright and Matthias Kipping: The Engineering Origins of the Consulting Industry and their Long Shadow 3: Richard C. S. Trahair and Kyle Bruce: Human Relations and Management Consulting: Elton Mayo and Eric Trist 4: Robert David: Institutional Change and the Growth of Strategy Consulting in the United States 5: Megan S. McDougald and Royston Greenwood: Cuckoo in the Nest? The Rise of Management Consulting in Large Accounting Firms? 6: Kerim Galal, Ansgar Richter, and Vera Wendlandt: IT Consulting and Outsourcing Firms: Evolution, Business Models and Future Prospects Section 2: Disciplinary and Theoretical Perspectives 7: Michael Faust: Sociological Perspectives on Management Consultancy 8: Matthias Kipping and Christopher Wright: Consultants in Context: Global Dominance, Societal Effect and the Capitalist System 9: Ian Kirkpatrick, Daniel Muzio and Stephen Ackroyd: Professions and Professionalism in Management Consulting 10: Nicole Saam: Economic Approaches to Consulting 11: James Faulconbridge and Andrew Jones: The Geographies of Management Consultancy Firms Section 3: Consulting as a Knowledge Business 12: Andreas Werr: Knowledge Management and Management Consulting 13: Stefan Heusinkveld and Jos Benders: Consultants and Organization Concepts 14: Timothy Morris, Heidi Gardner and Anand Narasimhan: Structuring Consulting Firms 15: Mats Alvesson: Managing Consultants: Control and Identity Section 4: Consultants and Management Fashions 16: Nicole Jung and Alfred Kieser: Consultants in the Management Fashion Arena 17: Timothy Clark, Pojanath Bhatanacharoen and David Greatbatch: Management Gurus as Celebrity Consultants 18: Lars Engwall: Consultants, Business Schools and the Media Section 5: Consultants and their Clients 19: Natalia Nikolova and Timothy Devinney: The Nature of Client-Consultant Interaction 20: Robin Fincham: The Client in the Client-Consultant Relationship 21: Barbara Czarniawska and Carmelo Mazza: Consultants and Clients from Constructivist Perspectives 22: Denis Saint-Martin: Management Consultants and Governments Section 6: New Avenues for Research 22: Andrew Sturdy: The Future Research Agenda 23: R. Edward Freeman and Dean Krehmeyer: Consulting and Ethics 24: Elisabeth Kelan: Gender in Consulting: A Review and Research Agenda 25: Michal Frenkel and Yehouda Shenhav: Management Consulting in Developing and Emerging Economies: Toward a Post-colonial Perspective
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