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IAP BOOK SERIES: Research in Management Consulting Research and theory building in management consulting have grown rapidly during the past several years. Complexity and uncertainty in today’s fast-paced business world are prompting a growing number of organizations – profit and not-for-profit alike – to seek guidance in their concomitant change efforts. External and internal consultants and change agents have become increasingly visible in most, if not all, organizational change initiatives. Individual consultants and consulting firms are becoming increasingly involved in not only providing organizational clients with advice and new ideas but in implementing those ideas and solutions as well. Yet, despite this rapid growth and influence, management consulting is still often criticized for its mystery and ambiguity. The basic objectives of this research series are to further the links and dialogue between applied scholars and scholarly practitioners in the consulting field, capturing innovative empirical and conceptual research and field experience, and disseminating the resulting insight to a broad range of practitioners, academicians and organizational executives. Targeted articles will focus on a wide range of topics, encompassing research on: the consulting industry itself, including the management, marketing and expansion of professional services firms; critical examination of current trends in the consulting field; conceptualization and evaluation of intervention techniques and strategies; and reflections on consulting experiences. Interdisciplinary and international perspectives on these different topics are strongly encouraged, as are perspectives from both internal and external consultants and change agents. Titles in this series: Challenges and Issues in Knowledge Management. Edited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College & Flemming Poulfelt, Copenhagen Business School Creative Consulting: Innovative Perspective on Management Consulting. Edited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College Current Trends in Management Consulting. Edited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College Developing Knowledge and Value in Management Consulting. Edited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College Enhancing Inter-Firm Networks & Interorganizational Strategies. Edited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College Socio-Economic Intervention in Organizations: The Intervener-Researcher and the SEAM Approach to Organizational Analysis Edited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College and Henri Savall, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and ISEOR |
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