Critical Consulting: New Perspectives on the Management Advice Industry - Softcover

Clark, Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631218203 ISBN 13: 9780631218203

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Product Description:

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.

Review:

"...an important and theoretically innovative book highlighting the power games and discursive strategies that consutlants used to legitimise their knowledge claimes". Denis Saint-Martin, Universite de Montreal

"This book represents an admirable resource for learning about current consulting practices, about their historical roots, and their underlying assumptions. The case studies are rich with concrete illustrations and informed by sound scholarly research." Chris Argyris, Harvard Business School

"Management Consultants are unloved - perhaps even by their own mothers - and they are misunderstood. This splendid volume tackles the latter problem with considerable success; now we understand why management consultants are unloved." Stuart Macdonald, University of Sheffield

"With contributions from the leading researchers in the area, this book provides fresh insights into the growth of the management advice industry and a valuable addition to the critical literature in this area". Dr Christopher Wright, University of New South Wales

"This book is a landmark that will set the parameters for future thinking about the role of consultants." Professor Stephen Hill, London School of Economics

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0631218203
• ISBN 13: 9780631218203
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296