Critical Consulting: New Perspectives on the Management Advice Industry

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Timothy Clark, Robin Fincham
Wiley, Oct 8, 2001 - Business & Economics - 296 pages
The critical analysis presented here evaluates what management consultants offer as well as analysing the emergence of their industry as a contemporary social phenomenon.

  • Presents the latest research from the most influential researchers in the field.
  • Takes an inter-disciplinary approach, chapters analyse critical theory, organizational behaviour, sociology, psychology, actor-network theory and narrative analysis.
  • Provides the first critical evaluation of the different actors and activities that comprise the management advice sector.

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Timothy Clark,Robin Fincham
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About the author (2001)

Timothy Clark is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the University of Durham Business School. He has written or edited seven previous books including Managing Consultants (1995) and has written numerous articles in a range of leading journals. He is also an Assistant Editor of Human Relations.

Robin Fincham is Senior Lecturer at Stirling University. He has written or edited three previous books, including Principles of Organizational Behaviour (1999), now in its third edition.

Bibliographic information

TitleCritical Consulting: New Perspectives on the Management Advice Industry
EditorsTimothy Clark, Robin Fincham
Editionillustrated
PublisherWiley, 2001
ISBN063121819X, 9780631218197
Length296 pages
Subjects › 

Business & Economics / Consulting
Business & Economics / General
  
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