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Critical Consulting by Timothy Clark & Robin Fincham
New Perspectives on the Management Advice Industry
A collection of 15 papers by researchers in the field of management consulting. The critical analyses presented here evaluate what management consultants offer, as well as analyzing the emergence of their industry as a contemporary social phenomenon.This timely volume provides innovative perspectives on the management advice industry from leading contributors in critical theory, organizational behaviour, sociology, psychology, actor-network theory and narrative analysis. It addresses such fundamental questions as:What is management knowledge? How is it created and sold? What is the role of consultants, gurus, academics in this process? Does the management advice industry add value? What is the nature of the client-consultant relationship?The development of interest in the management advice industry, both within the business press and the social sciences, reflects the need to answer these questions. The critical analysis presented here evaluates what management consultants offer as well as investigating the emergence of their industry as a contemporary social phenomenon. This volume provides the first critical evaluation of the different actors and activities that comprise the management advice sector, and will be invaluable both to those teaching courses in consultancy and to analysts who are trying to make sense of the explosion in the management knowledge industry. |
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| Author(s) : Timothy Clark & Robin Fincham | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0631218203 | ISBN-13 : 9780631218203 |
| RRP : £26.99 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 01/09/2001
Publisher : Blackwell Publishers
Page Length : 296mm
Page Size : 244mm