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Topic: Consulting
Sort Desciption: Mission Statement: Research and theory building in management consulting have grown ... rapid growth and influence management consulting is still often ...
Content Inside: Research in Management Consulting Information Age Publishing Series Editor: Anthony F. Buono Bentley College Mission Statement: Research and theory building in management consulting have grown rapidly during the past several years. Complexity and uncertainty in today’s fast-paced business world are prompting a growing number of organizations – profit and not-for- profit alike – to seek guidance in their concomitant change efforts. External and internal consultants and change agents have become increasingly visible in most if not all organizational change initiatives. Individual consultants and consulting firms are becoming increasingly involved in not only providing organizational clients with advice and new ideas but in implementing those ideas and solutions as well. Yet despite this rapid growth and influence management consulting is still often criticized for its mystery and ambiguity. The basic objectives of this research series are to further the links and dialogue between applied scholars and scholarly practitioners in the consulting field capturing innovative empirical and conceptual research and field experience and disseminating the resulting insight to a broad range of practitioners academicians and organizational executives. Targeted articles will focus on a wide range of topics encompassing research on: the consulting industry itself including the management marketing and expansion of professional services firms; critical examination of current trends in the consulting field; conceptualization and evaluation of intervention techniques and strategies; and reflections on consulting experiences. Interdisciplinary and international perspectives on these different topics are strongly encouraged as are perspectives from both internal and external consultants and change agents. ___________ Challenges and Issues in 2005 Knowledge Management (Volume 5) Edited by Anthony F. Buono Bentley College and Flemming Poulfelt Copenhagen Busine ...
