Critical Consulting: New Perspectives on the Management Advice Industry

By Timothy Clark

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631218203
• ISBN13: 9780631218203
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"