Critical consulting : new perspectives on the management advice industry

List of Figures and Tables. Notes on Contributors. Introduction: The Emergence of Critical Perspectives on Consulting: Robin Fincham (Stirling University) and Timothy Clark (King's College). Part I: Setting the Scene: The Nature of Management Consultancy and Management Advice:. 1. Consulting: What Should it Mean?: Edgar H Schein (MIT Sloan School of Management). 2. Trapped in their Wave: The Evolution of Management Consultancies: Matthias Kipping (University of Reading). 3. The Rise of Consultancy and the Prospect for Regions: Peter Wood (University College London). 4. On Knowledge, Business Consultants and the Selling of TQM: Karen Legge (University of Warwick). Part II: The Contexts of Management Consultancy and Management Advice:. 5. Virtual Stories of Virtual Working: Critical Reflections on CTI Consultancy Discourse: Peter Case (Oxford Brookes University). 6. The Vision Thing: Constructing Technology and the Future in Management Advice: Brian P Bloomfield (Lancaster University Management School) and Theo Vurdubakis (Manchester School of Management). 7. Front-Line Diffusion: The Production and Negotiation of Knowledge Through Training Interactions: Andrew Sturdy (University of Melbourne). 8. Knowledge Legitimation and Audience Affiliation Through Storytelling: The Example of Management Gurus: Timothy Clark (King's College) and David Greatbatch (Independent Social Scientist). 9. A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Three Guru-Led Management Fashions: Brad Jackson (Victoria University of Wellington). Part III: Critical Reflections on Management Consultancy and Management Advice:. 10. Charisma versus Technique: Differentiating the Expertise of Management Gurus and Management Consultants: Robin Fincham (Stirling University). 11. On Communication Barriers between Management Science, Consultancies and Business Companies: Alfred Kieser (University of Mannheim). 12. Professionalism and Politics in Management Consultancy Work: Mats Alvesson (Lund University) and Anders W Johansson (Jonkoping International Business School, Sweden). 13. Understanding Advice: Towards a Sociology of Management Consultancy: Graeme Salaman (Open University). 14. What Next? More Critique of Consultants, Gurus and Managers: Frank Heller (Centre for Decision Making Studies). Index.