The economics and sociology of management consulting / Thomas Armbrüster.
Management consultancy is a key sector in the economic change toward a service and knowledge economy. Originally published in 2006, this book explains the mechanisms of the management consulting market and the management of consulting firms from both economic and sociological perspectives. It also e...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | Management consultancy is a key sector in the economic change toward a service and knowledge economy. Originally published in 2006, this book explains the mechanisms of the management consulting market and the management of consulting firms from both economic and sociological perspectives. It also examines the strategies, marketing approaches, knowledge management and human resource management techniques of consulting firms. After outlining the relationships between transaction cost economics, signaling theory, embeddedness theory and sociological neoinstitutionalism, Thomas Armbrüster applies these theories to central questions such as: Why does the consulting sector exist and grow? Which institutions connect supply and demand? And which factors influence the relationship between clients and consultants? By applying both economic and sociological approaches, the book explains the general economic changes of the previous thirty years and sharpens the relationship between the academic disciplines. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 249 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511293690 0511294492 0511295294 0511296061 0511488467 1139131605 128095924X 9780511293696 9780511294495 9780511295294 9780511296062 9780511488467 9781139131605 9781280959240 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511488467 |