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Management consultants of various kinds play an important role in the world of business, and other organizations. This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of research and thinking on the role, history, and function of management consultants.

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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 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 howcurrent 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. Thefollowing sections examine consulting as a knowledge business; the consultants in 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 consultancy across different disciplines, sub-disciplines, and conceptual approaches, the Handbook provides a comprehensiveunderstanding of both current thinking and future directions for research.

Author Biography

Matthias Kipping is Professor of Strategic Management and Chair in Business History at the Schulich School of Business, York University in Toronto, Canada. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Munich and additional degrees in France and the United States and held previous appointments in the United Kingdom and Spain. He has published widely on management consultancy and its evolution, and co-edited with Lars Engwall a volume on ManagementConsulting: Emergence and Dynamics of a Knowledge Industry (OUP, 2002)..Timothy Clark is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Durham Business School, Durham University. He has conducted a series of research projects into different aspects of the work of management consultants which have resulted in influential publications in the area including Managing Consultants (Open University Press, 1995) and Critical Consulting: New Perspectives on the Management Advice Industry (2002, Blackwell, with R. Fincham).

Table of Contents

1: Matthias Kipping and Timothy Clark: IntroductionSection 1: Historical Development of Management Consulting2: Christopher Wright and Matthias Kipping: The Engineering Origins of the Consulting Industry and their Long Shadow3: Richard C. S. Trahair and Kyle Bruce: Human Relations and Management Consulting: Elton Mayo and Eric Trist4: Robert David: Institutional Change and the Growth of Strategy Consulting in the United States5: 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 ProspectsSection 2: Disciplinary and Theoretical Perspectives7: Michael Faust: Sociological Perspectives on Management Consultancy8: Matthias Kipping and Christopher Wright: Consultants in Context: Global Dominance, Societal Effect and the Capitalist System9: Ian Kirkpatrick, Daniel Muzio and Stephen Ackroyd: Professions and Professionalism in Management Consulting10: Nicole Saam: Economic Approaches to Consulting11: James Faulconbridge and Andrew Jones: The Geographies of Management Consultancy FirmsSection 3: Consulting as a Knowledge Business12: Andreas Werr: Knowledge Management and Management Consulting13: Stefan Heusinkveld and Jos Benders: Consultants and Organization Concepts14: Timothy Morris, Heidi Gardner and Anand Narasimhan: Structuring Consulting Firms15: Mats Alvesson: Managing Consultants: Control and IdentitySection 4: Consultants and Management Fashions16: Nicole Jung and Alfred Kieser: Consultants in the Management Fashion Arena17: Timothy Clark, Pojanath Bhatanacharoen and David Greatbatch: Management Gurus as Celebrity Consultants18: Lars Engwall: Consultants, Business Schools and the MediaSection 5: Consultants and their Clients19: Natalia Nikolova and Timothy Devinney: The Nature of Client-Consultant Interaction20: Robin Fincham: The Client in the Client-Consultant Relationship21: Barbara Czarniawska and Carmelo Mazza: Consultants and Clients from Constructivist Perspectives22: Denis Saint-Martin: Management Consultants and GovernmentsSection 6: New Avenues for Research22: Andrew Sturdy: The Future Research Agenda23: R. Edward Freeman and Dean Krehmeyer: Consulting and Ethics24: Elisabeth Kelan: Gender in Consulting: A Review and Research Agenda25: Michal Frenkel and Yehouda Shenhav: Management Consulting in Developing and Emerging Economies: Toward a Post-colonial Perspective

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This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of research and thinking on the role, history, and function of management consultants

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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 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 howcurrent 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; andthe 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 consultancy across different disciplines, sub-disciplines, and conceptual approaches, the Handbook provides a comprehensive understanding of both current thinking and future directions for research.

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Comprehensive review of state-of-the art thinking on management consultancyContributions from leading international scholars in the fieldExamines main theoretical approaches and key empirical themesInterdisciplinary approach spanning organization, management studies, economics, and sociology

Details ISBN019923504X Author Timothy Clark Short Title OXFORD HANDBK OF MGMT CONSULTI Language English ISBN-10 019923504X ISBN-13 9780199235049 Media Book Format Hardcover Illustrations Yes DEWEY 658.46 Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-03-29 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Timothy Clark Series Oxford Handbooks UK Release Date 2012-03-29 AU Release Date 2012-03-29 NZ Release Date 2012-03-29 Pages 580 Publisher Oxford University Press Alternative 9780199685165 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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