| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 370 pages) : illustrations |
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Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise |
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Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise.
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| Contents |
Introduction : making a career of consulting -- Economics of knowledge : a theory of management consulting -- Accounting for a new profession : consultants' struggle for jurisdictional power -- How have consultants mattered? the case of Lukens Steel -- Creating the contractor state : consultants in the American Federal Government -- Finding profit in nonprofits : the influence of consultants on the third sector -- The gilded age of consulting : a snapshot of consultants circa 1960 -- The American challenge : exporting the American model -- Selling corporate culture : codifying and commodifying professionalism -- Watchdogs, lapdogs, or retrievers? liability and the rebirth of the management audit -- Conclusion : the word's newest profession? -- Notes |
| Summary |
As consulting grew rapidly in the United States due to federal regulation during the Great Depression, consultants transformed the giant American corporations. Not only did these new 'management consultants' overhaul the world of business, but they also restructured the Federal government to promote outsourcing. By the 1950s, consultants had assumed a critical influence over the design of the corporate economy, and the leading consulting firms had become the central conduits for the transfer of managerial innovations. McKenna explains what consultants do, why executives hire them, and what impact they have had in reshaping the working world. To end his account, using the recent corporate scandals as a backdrop, McKenna explains the history behind the Enron/Andersen crisis and why the recent Congressional reforms will only deepen executives' reliance on management consultants |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-355) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Business consultants -- United States
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Consulting firms -- United States
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REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
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Business consultants
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Consulting firms
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Unternehmensberatung
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Organisatieadvisering.
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Internationalisatie.
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Management.
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United States
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USA
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Genre/Form |
Geschiedenis (vorm)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511226038 |
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0511226039 |
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9780511224782 |
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0511224788 |
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9780511511622 |
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0511511620 |
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9780511224119 |
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0511224117 |
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9786610550456 |
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0521810396 |
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9780521810395 |
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1107385652 |
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9781107385658 |
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9781280550454 |
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0511225466 |
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9780511225468 |
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0511309376 |
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9780511309373 |
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9780511222771 |
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0511222777 |
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