IAP BOOK SERIES
Research in Management Consulting
Research and theory building in management consulting have grown rapidly during the past several years. Complexity and uncertainty in today?s fast-paced business world are prompting a growing number of organizations ? profit and not-for-profit alike ? to seek guidance in their concomitant change efforts. External and internal consultants and change agents have become increasingly visible in most, if not all, organizational change initiatives. Individual consultants and consulting firms are becoming increasingly involved in not only providing organizational clients with advice and new ideas but in implementing those ideas and solutions as well. Yet, despite this rapid growth and influence, management consulting is still often criticized for its mystery and ambiguity.
The basic objectives of this research series are to further the links and dialogue between applied scholars and scholarly practitioners in the consulting field, capturing innovative empirical and conceptual research and field experience, and disseminating the resulting insight to a broad range of practitioners, academicians and organizational executives. Targeted articles will focus on a wide range of topics, encompassing research on: the consulting industry itself, including the management, marketing and expansion of professional services firms; critical examination of current trends in the consulting field; conceptualization and evaluation of intervention techniques and strategies; and reflections on consulting experiences. Interdisciplinary and international perspectives on these different topics are strongly encouraged, as are perspectives from both internal and external consultants and change agents.
 | Board Members and Management ConsultantsRedefining the Boundaries of Consulting and Corporate GovernanceEdited by Pierre-Yves Gomez, EM LYON Business School and Rickie Moore, EM LYON Business School |
 | Challenges and Issues in Knowledge ManagementEdited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College and Flemming Poulfelt, Copenhagen Business School |
 | Client-Consultant CollaborationCoping with Complexity and ChangeEdited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College and Flemming Poulfelt, Copenhagen Business School |
 | Consultation for Organizational ChangeEdited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College and David W. Jamieson, Jamieson Consulting Group, Inc |
 | Creative ConsultingInnovative Perspective on Management ConsultingEdited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College |
 | Emerging Trends and Issues in Management ConsultingConsulting as a Janus-Faced RealityEdited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College |
 | Enhancing Inter-Firm Networks & Interorganizational StrategiesEdited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College |
 | An Evolving ParadigmIntegrative Perspectives on Organizational Development, Change, Strategic Management, and EthicsEdited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College |
 | Mastering Hidden Costs and Socio-Economic PerformanceEdited by Henri Savall, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and ISEOR and Veronique Zardet, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and ISEOR |
 | Preparing Better ConsultantsEdited by Susan Adams, Bentley University and Alberto Zanzi, Suffolk University |
 | The Qualimetrics ApproachObserving the Complex ObjectEdited by Henri Savall, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and ISEOR and Veronique Zardet, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and ISEOR |
 | Socio-Economic Intervention in OrganizationsThe Intervener-Researcher and the SEAM Approach to Organizational AnalysisEdited by Anthony F. Buono, Bentley College and Henri Savall, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and ISEOR |
 | Work and PeopleAn Economic Evaluation of Job EnrichmentBy Henri Savall, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 and ISEOR |
