...Marie-Claude Lallier Beaudoin; Irène Samson; Émilie Dionne; Pierre-Yves Kusion Purpose The field of organizational consulting is often criticized for the lack of data supporting the practice and limited understanding of individual characteristics required for consultants to make a positive impact...

...Sergio Pellegrinelli Grounded in case study research, the consultant‐client relationship is conceived as mediating between, and reconciling, competing enactments. Through their work, consultants seek to achieve a separation from existing organisational frames of reference, commitments and routines...

...Ludwig Hoeksema; Geert de Jong In the highly competitive international consulting marketplace clients will always demand a world‐class service. A major challenge for PricewaterhouseCoopers is how to achieve the required level of international co‐ordination of the efforts of 160,000 people world...

...John O. Burdett As organizations strive to do more with less, the external consulting market is becoming an invaluable corporate resource. Outlines the difficulties of moving into the competitive and overcrowded consulting market. Suggests four critical areas of development for the novice...

... in his organization. Total quality means that we recognize that managers are inexorably being driven towards consulting relationships. If managers are to be effective, they must understand the characteristics of the consulting relationship. They must understand its levels and phases, and must master its...

...Lynne McClure; William B. Werther, Jr In designing consultant‐driven management development interventions, personality issues typically are viewed as moderating variables, if they are considered at all. Reports on two“action‐research” oriented, team‐building interventions,based on Jungian theory...

... strategy to meet this demand. Advises foreign MD firms and consultants, lacking experience in dealing with the Arab market, to confine their initial operations to the sale of MD packages and the supply of technical consultations, possibly shifting to a more aggressive strategy at a later stage. Argues...

... countries. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Consultants Management development Poland Special Section on Management Development Assistance in Poland Management Assistance in Poland 55 In a recent conversation with a Warsaw University colleague regarding the privatization and market value of public...