The world's newest profession: management consulting in the twentieth century
Author: McKenna, Christopher D. Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006.Language: EnglishDescription: 370 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0521810396Type of document: BookBibliography/Index: Includes bibliographical references and index
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The World's Newest Profession Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century Contents Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgments Introduction. Making a Career of Consulting 1 Economies of Knowledge: A Theory of Management page xiii xv 1 Consulting 2 Accounting for a New Profession: Consultants' 8 Struggle for Jurisdictional Power 3 How Have Consultants Mattered? The Case of Lukens 26 Steel 4 Creating the Contractor State: Consultants 51 in the American Federal Government 5 Finding Profit in Nonprofits: The Influence 8o of Consultants on the Third Sector 6 The Gilded Age of Consulting: A Snapshot 111 of Consultants Circa 1960 145 xii · Contents 7 The American Challenge: Exporting the American Model 8 Selling Corporate Culture: Codifying 165 and Commodifying Professionalism 9 Watchdogs, Lapdogs, or Retrievers? Liability 192 and the Rebirth of the Management Audit Conclusion. The World's Newest Profession? Notes Index 216 245 253 357
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