1. MANAGEMENT CONSULTING Conference Paper Abstracts.
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MANAGEMENT ,ORGANIZATIONAL change ,BUSINESS consultants ,PSYCHOTHERAPISTS - Abstract
This section presents several conference paper abstracts on management consulting. The paper 'Futurogenic Management' gives methodologies and product examples. Three methodologies are necessary. First is to develop abilities to free oneself from established wisdom and procedures. Second, to understand heterogenistic interaction as the necessary source of creativity; and third, to facilitate interaction among heterogeneous specialists who cannot interact under the present organizational system. The paper 'Comparing Psychotherapists' and Change Agents' Approaches to Change' explores the most prominent clusters of theories for changing organizations and changing people. Managers and management consultants make use of the first set of theories while psychotherapists use the latter. The study 'The Influence of Management Consultants on Client Firm Market Value: Evidence From the U.S. and U.K.' draws from the Knowledge-based View to help explain how management consultants might influence client firm financial performance. The main purpose of the paper 'The Discursive Construction of the Manager as a Legitimate Client of Consulting Services' reflects the exploration of the discursive space in which the use of management consulting services is constructed as a legitimate managerial activity.
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- 2003
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