The Handbook of Management Consulting, The Contemporary Consultant: Insights from Leading Experts - Hardcover

Greiner, Larry E.; Flemming, Poulfelt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0324290411 ISBN 13: 9780324290417

Publisher: South-Western, 2004

Synopsis

This book provides a thorough examination of a variety of specialties within the broad range of management consulting. A book of such scope and depth could only be written by a large number of experts. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in one of the many specialties related to management consulting. Together, all 27 contributors take the reader through an industry that is currently undergoing significant change. While covering all the major practice areas of consulting, the book also offers new insights into change processes and addresses compelling management issues now facing consulting firms. Every practicing consultant and firm needs this book s broad perspective and its treatment of specific areas of content in order to prepare them for a successful future in a highly competitive business environment. Presently, there is no book on the market that takes such an advanced look at both the complexity and multiple aspects of consulting. Ideas presented by the many consulting experts are thoughtful and provocative. Their sage advice on future developments in the field is not to be missed.

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Review

This Handbook of Management Consulting is appropriately title The Contemporary Consultant, providing and excellent overview on the status of the consulting industry and the challenges it is now facing. The book 's strength is that it analyzes the consulting business in all its dimensions, and I recommend it strongly to all executives and decision makers within the business community, consultants and clients alike.

About the Author

Larry Greiner is Professor of Management at the University of Southern California. Editor and Professor Larry Greiner published one of the first books on management consulting in 1983, with Robert Metzger. Since then he has authored numerous articles and cases involving consultants. He is the author of the Harvard Business Review Classic, Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow. In addition to serving on several boards and being a consultant to many companies, he has served as Chair of the Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management.

Flemming Poulfelt is Professor of Management and Strategy at Department of Management, Politics & Philosophy, director of the LOK Research Center and Vice Dean at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. He is the author of numerous books and articles on management consulting and the use of consultants. Has served on various corporate boards and been consultant to companies and organizations. Flemming Poulfelt is actively involved in the Academy of Management and has served as the Chair of the Management Consulting Division.

Edition details

• Publisher: South-Western
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0324290411
• ISBN 13: 9780324290417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 403