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Tables of Contents for Critical Consulting
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures and Tables
vii
Notes on Contributors
ix
Introduction: The Emergence of Critical Perspectives on Consulting
Robin Fincham and Timothy Clark
1
20
Part I Setting the Scene: The Nature of Management Consultancy and Management Advice
Consulting: What Should it Mean?
Edgar H. Schein
21
7
Trapped in Their Wave: The Evolution of Management Consultancies
Matthias Kipping
28
22
The Rise of Consultancy and the Prospect for Regions
Peter Wood
50
24
On Knowledge, Business Consultants and the Selling of Total Quality Management
Karen Legge
74
19
Part II The Contexts of Management Consultancy and Management Advice
Virtual Stories of Virtual Working: Critical Reflections on CTI Consultancy Discourse
Peter Case
93
22
The Vision Thing: Constructing Technology and the Future in Management Advice
Brian P. Bloomfield and Theo Vurdubakis
115
15
Front-line Diffusion: The Production and Negotiation of Knowledge Through Training Interactions
Andrew Sturdy
130
22
Knowledge Legitimation and Audience Affiliation Through Storytelling: The Example of Management Gurus
Timothy Clark and David Greatbatch
152
20
A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Three Guru-led Management Fashions
Brad Jackson
172
19
Part III Critical Reflections on Management Consultancy and Management Advice
Charisma Versus Technique: Differentiating the Expertise of Management Gurus and Management Consultants
Robin Fincham
191
15
On Communication Barriers Between Management Science, Consultancies and Business Organizations
Alfred Kieser
206
22
Professionalism and Politics in Management Consultancy Work
Mats Alvesson and Anders W. Johansson
228
19
Understanding Advice: Towards a Sociology of Management Consultancy
Graeme Salaman
247
13
What Next? More Critique of Consultants, Gurus and Managers
Frank Heller
260
13
Index
273
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