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The world's newest profession : management consulting in the twentieth century /
As consulting grew rapidly in the United States due to federal regulation during the Great Depression, consultants transformed the giant American corporations. Not only did these new 'management consultants' overhaul the world of business, but they also restructured the Federal government...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in the emergence of global enterprise.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | As consulting grew rapidly in the United States due to federal regulation during the Great Depression, consultants transformed the giant American corporations. Not only did these new 'management consultants' overhaul the world of business, but they also restructured the Federal government to promote outsourcing. By the 1950s, consultants had assumed a critical influence over the design of the corporate economy, and the leading consulting firms had become the central conduits for the transfer of managerial innovations. McKenna explains what consultants do, why executives hire them, and what impact they have had in reshaping the working world. To end his account, using the recent corporate scandals as a backdrop, McKenna explains the history behind the Enron/Andersen crisis and why the recent Congressional reforms will only deepen executives' reliance on management consultants. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 370 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-355) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511226038 0511226039 9780511224782 0511224788 9780511511622 0511511620 9780511224119 0511224117 9786610550456 661055045X 0521810396 9780521810395 1107385652 9781107385658 1280550457 9781280550454 0511225466 9780511225468 0511309376 9780511309373 9780511222771 0511222777 |