The Rise of Management Consulting in Britain

ISBN-13: 9781138740372 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 298 str.

Michael Ferguson

Opis

First published in 2002, this book charts the changing nature of industrial management and indicates how management consultancy services both shaped and reflected prevailing business attitudes.

Recenzje

'... a valuable and comprehensive source of information on the history of management consultancy.' Business History '... a very full account...' Business Archives: Sources and History

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; The background to management consulting; The pioneers, 1869-1925; The beginning of organised consultancy, 1926-1933; New directions, 1929-1939; Wartime practices, 1939-1945; Improving productive performance; Management education and training: the consultancy approach; From efficiency engineering to strategy; Information technology and management consulting; The international and global aspects of management consultancy; A summary and review of management consultancy; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Michael Ferguson