Management consultancy and humour in action and context
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-2008
Abstract
Management consultancy has been one of fastest growing occupational sectors since the mid 1960s and currently generates worldwide revenues of over £100 billion. The huge expansion in consulting has meant that consultants have become key agents in the process of knowledge production. They act as conduits through which knowledge from a variety of sources is appropriated , transformed, and sometimes transferred into and from client organizations. They also legitimate or "rubber stamp" knowledge already held by their clients. Whether as employees or citizens, few of us can escape their influence.
Discipline
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
The emotional organisation: Critical voices
Editor
FINEMAN, Stephen
First Page
134
Last Page
150
ISBN
9781405160308
Publisher
Blackwell
City or Country
Oxford
Citation
STURDY, Andrew and CLARK, Timothy Adrian Robert.
Management consultancy and humour in action and context. (2008). The emotional organisation: Critical voices. 134-150.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6337