The practice of consultancy and a professional development strategy

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 256-263

  McLarty, Roy ^a   Robinson, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUFFOLK   (United Kingdom)

^b Ipswich ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultancies; Contracts; Management; Marketing opportunity; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986178128     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739810234323     Document Type: Article

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