The World's Newest Profession - Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)

In The World's Newest Profession Christopher McKenna offers a history of management consulting in the twentieth century. Although management consulting may not yet be a recognized profession, the leading consulting firms have been advising and reshaping the largest organizations in the world since the 1920s. This groundbreaking study details how the elite consulting firms, including McKinsey & Company and Booz Allen & Hamilton, expanded after US regulatory changes during the 1930s, how they changed giant corporations, nonprofits, and the state during the 1950s, and why consultants became so influential in the global economy after 1960. As they grew in number, consultants would introduce organizations to 'corporate culture' and 'decentralization' but they faced vilification for their role in the Enron crisis and for legitimating corporate blunders. Through detailed case studies based on unprecedented access to internal files and personal interviews, The World's Newest Profession explores how management consultants came to be so influential within our culture and explains exactly what consultants really do in the global economy.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in the Emergence of Global Enterprise
Release date:	February 2010
First published:	February 2010
Authors:	Christopher D. McKenna
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	370
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-75759-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Consultancy & grants for businesses Promotions
LSN:	0-521-75759-2
Barcode:	9780521757591

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!