Product Description: A volume in Research in Management Consulting: Series Editor: Anthony F. Buono, Bentley University and Contemporary Trends in Organization Development and Change: Series Editors: Peter F. Sorensen, Benedictine University and Therese F...read more

Product Description: Series Editor Anthony F. Buono, Bentley University An Evolving Paradigm: Integrative Perspectives on Orgainizational Design, Change, Strategic Management, and Ethics-was prepared specifically for Benedictine University's doctoral program in organization development (OD)...read more

Product Description: The 13th volume in the Rmc series, The Changing Paradigm of Consulting, is based on the best papers presented at the Academy of Management's Management Consulting Division's fourth international conference (2009) on the underlying dynamics within the fast-paced world of business and management consulting...read more

Product Description: A volume in Research in Management Consulting Series Editor Anthony F. Buono, Bentley University The tenth volume in the Research on Management Consulting series-Client-Consultant Collaboration: Coping with Complexity and Change-draws on papers presented at the Academy of Management's Management Consulting Division International Conference on this theme in Copenhagen, Denmark in June 2007...read more

Product Description: A volume in Research in Management Consulting Series Editor Anthony F. Buono, Bentley University The ninth volume in the Research in Management Consulting (RMC) series-much like the volumes that preceded it-underscores that management consulting is a multifaceted field with a truly eclectic nature...read more

Product Description: The volume begins with a chapter by Henri Savall, founder and director of the Iseor Institute and creator of the Seam methodology, that presents an overview of the development of the socio-economic approach to management, and its guiding frameworks and methodology...read more

Product Description: Challenges and Issues in Knowledge Management – the fifth volume in the Research on Management Consulting series – presents sixteen chapters that explore these various perspectives, focusing on knowledge management within the context of the management consulting industry, the dynamics associated with knowledge sharing and dissemination, methodological approaches to studying knowledge in organizations, and reflections on knowledge management and management consulting...read more

Product Description: Enhancing inter-firm networks and interorganizational strategies, is part of the Research in Management Consulting series.

Product Description: This is a reprint of a previously published work. It deals with the effects on the persons--employees and managers at all organizational levels --who are caught up in mergers.

Product Description: The second volume in the Research in Management Consulting series focuses on developing knowledge and value in management consulting. While there has been an exponential explosion in both the presence and role played by management consultants, the exact nature of their contribution -to client organizations, to our understanding of management and organization, to our comprehension of the increasingly complex dynamics associated with business in a global marketplace, and to the development of their own firms-remains ambiguous...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Volume One in this series focuses on current trends in the management consulting industry. It is divided into three sections: (1) a look at some of the broad changes taking place in the management consulting industry, (2) an examination of recent trends and techniques in the practice of management consulting, and (3) reflections on the current state of affairs in the industry. As this brief overview has hopefully captured, the first volume in this series provides ample insight into and differing perspectives on the multi-faceted world of management consulting. Thanks are due to all the authors for their thoughtful work, good-natured colleagueship, and willingness to contribute their thoughts and insights about the consulting field. This volume would not have been possible without their efforts. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: This outstanding volume combines the perspectives of managers, sociologists, and scholars of business ethics in order to analyze the social role of business in society. The authors discuss the organizational dynamics and dimensions of corporate social policies and the ways in which organizational policies are interpreted and evaluated by outside groups...read more