Professions And Professionalism In Management Consulting

The Oxford Handbook of Management Consulting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kirkpatrick, Ian ^a,b   Muzio, Daniel ^c,d   Ackroyd, Stephen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Leeds Institute of Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consulting advice; Consulting services; Costs of failure; Management consulting; Public concerns; Quality; Weak professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875851653     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235049.013.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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