The World's Newest Profession. Management consulting in the twentieth century

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Scholarly account by teacher at Said Business School, Oxford. Deals with the development of management consultancy, and its impact on businesses and also other institutions, largely from the 1930s to end of century, in particular its development in the USA and its subsequent export by US firms to Western Europe. Covers US firms - Arthur Andersen, McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Cresap McCormick & Paget; etc etc. Chapters include: 'Introduction - making a career of consulting'; 'Economies of knowledge - a theory of management consulting'; 'Accounting for a new profession - consultants' struggle for jurisdictional power'; 'How have consultants mattered? - the case of Lukens Steel'; 'Creating the contractor state - consultants in the American Federal Government'; 'Finding profits in nonprofits - the influence of consultants on the third sector'; 'The gilded age of consulting - a snapshot of consultants circa 1960'; 'The American challenge - exporting the American model'; 'Selling corporate culture - codifying and commodifying professionalism'; 'Watchdogs, lapdogs, or retrievers? - liability and the rebirth of the management adult'; 'Conclusion - the world's newest profession?'