Management Consultancy: Boundaries and Knowledge in Action

by Robin Fincham, Timothy Clark, Andrew Sturdy, et al.

Book Overview

Management consultants are typically seen as key mediators in the flow of management ideas. And yet little is known about exactly what happens when they work together with clients, behind closed doors in consulting projects. Do they really innovate or simply legitimate existing knowledge? This book presents research from a three year long 'fly-on-the-wall study' of consulting projects and challenges our taken for granted view of consultancy.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199212643
• ISBN13: 9780199212644
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"