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It is often claimed that we live in an expert society, a society
where more and more individuals take expert roles in increasingly
narrow fields. In contrast to more traditional experts most of
these new experts lack generally accepted mechanisms for the
certification and legitimation of their expertise. This book
focuses on these new as well as established experts and the efforts
undertaken to secure and legitimate their expertise. We view these
efforts as organizing attempts and study them on four different
levels - the society, the market, the organization and the
individual. Based on empirical studies on these four levels of
analysis, The Organization of the Expert Society makes the argument
that current organizing initiatives in the expert society are based
in an objectifying view of expertise that risks concealing and
downplaying key aspects of expertise. Well-intended organizing
initiatives in the expert society thus run the risk of promoting
ignorance rather than securing expertise. Focusing on a current,
general and global phenomenon, the rise and organization of an
expert society. The Organization of the Expert Society will be key
reading for scholars, academics and policy makers in the management
fields of Organizational Theory, Management Consulting,
Organizations & Society, Critical Management Studies as well as
the disciplines of Sociology, Political Science and Social
Anthropology.
Professional services are increasingly seen as an important
foundation for future economic growth and prosperity. Yet research
on innovative and entrepreneurial processes in professional
services has been surprisingly scarce. This Handbook provides a
collection of original contributions from leading scholars
outlining the current stock of knowledge in the area as well as
providing directions for further research. The expert contributors
discuss entrepreneurship and innovation from a number of different
perspectives, including the entrepreneurial professional team, the
entrepreneurial firm and the institutional environment. The first
part of the book looks at the challenges of entrepreneurship
specific to the professional service firm while the second explores
the creation and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities in
the professional service team. Part III turns to the organization
and Part IV to the management and growth of the entrepreneurial
professional service firm. The final part discusses the interplay
between professions, firms and the institutional environment.
Researchers, scholars and PhD students in the areas of
entrepreneurship and professional service firms along with advanced
students of management will find this volume of great value.
Contributors: J. Benders, D.M. Brock, T. Clark, L. Empson, R.
Fincham, J. Flood, J. Gluckler, H. Gruber, A. Halinen, K. Handley,
S. Heusinkveld, E. Jaakkola, K. Laursen, L. Lefsrud, B.R.
Lowendahl, V. Mahnke, N. Malhotra, M. Mohe, M. Mone, T. Morris, D.
Muzio, N. Nikolova, M. Reihlen, S. Segal-Horn, J. Sieweke, M.
Smets, M. Stollfub, L. Strannegard, A. Sturdy, R. Suddaby, R.-J.
van den Berg, P. Vejrup-Hansen, A. Werr, M. Woywode
It is often claimed that we live in an expert society, a society
where more and more individuals take expert roles in increasingly
narrow fields. In contrast to more traditional experts most of
these new experts lack generally accepted mechanisms for the
certification and legitimation of their expertise. This book
focuses on these new as well as established experts and the efforts
undertaken to secure and legitimate their expertise. We view these
efforts as organizing attempts and study them on four different
levels - the society, the market, the organization and the
individual. Based on empirical studies on these four levels of
analysis, The Organization of the Expert Society makes the argument
that current organizing initiatives in the expert society are based
in an objectifying view of expertise that risks concealing and
downplaying key aspects of expertise. Well-intended organizing
initiatives in the expert society thus run the risk of promoting
ignorance rather than securing expertise. Focusing on a current,
general and global phenomenon, the rise and organization of an
expert society. The Organization of the Expert Society will be key
reading for scholars, academics and policy makers in the management
fields of Organizational Theory, Management Consulting,
Organizations & Society, Critical Management Studies as well as
the disciplines of Sociology, Political Science and Social
Anthropology.
"Based on studies of the use of management consulting, financial
consulting, legal services, and IT services, this book sheds light
on how needs in organizations for management advice services are
constructed and why certain service suppliers are given trust to
deliver. "
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