Buono (Bentley College) collects material on changes in the management consultant industry, current trends and techniques in management consulting, and concepts of consulting theory building and intervention. Contributors in business administration, strategic management, and organizational change offer perspectives on the various ways in which consultants and their firms are attempting to position and reposition themselves as leading professionals, and address topics in linkage research, global virtual teams, and executive coaching.
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9781593112400
9781593112417
Table of contents
- Cover
- Creative Consulting: Innovative Perspectives on Management Consulting
- Creative Consulting: Innovative Perspectives on Management Consulting
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- I: THE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING INDUSTRY
- 2: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING: A Study of Consultancy Web Presentations
- 3: SELLING PROFESSIONALISM?: Image Making in the Management Consulting Industryl
- 4: EXPLORING KNOWLEDGE ISSUES IN THE CONSULTING RELATIONSHlP: A CIient-centered Perspective
- 5: MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS AS AGENTS OF HOMOGENIZATION: Consulting Roles and Processes in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions
- Il: TRENDS AND TECHNIQUES IN MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
- 7: INTERVENING IN VIRTUAL TEAMS: Lessons from Practice
- 8: SUCCESSFUL EXECUTIVE COACHING FROM THE CONSUMER'S PERSPECTIVE: Adaptive and Developmental Learning
- 9: COACHING LEADERS IN TRANSITION: Lessons from the Field
- 10: APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY AS A LARGE GROUP INTERVENTION: An Innovation in Organizational Consulting
- III: REFLECTIONS ON MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
- 12: COMPARING PSYCHO THERAPISTS AND CHANGE AGENTS'APPROACHES TO CHANGE: Reflections on Changing Peopleand Changing Organizations!
- THE TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH
- 14: REALITIES OF PUBLIC SECTOR CONSULTATION: Information Age Challenges in Government
- 15: PREDICTING AND ENHANCING CLIENT SUCCESS
- CONTRIBUTORS