| Description |
xxi, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-355) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : making a career of consulting -- Economies 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. |
| Subject |
Business consultants -- United States.
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Consulting firms -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0521810396 (hardcover) |
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9780521810395 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 291896847 |
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YDXCP 2160867 |
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NZ1 10673051 |
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