Task, Firm Size, and 0rganizational Structure in Management Consulting
ISBN:
978-3-8350-0496-2
Auflage:
2007
Verlag:
Deutscher Universitätsverlag
Land des Verlags:
Deutschland
Erscheinungsdatum:
08.12.2006
Reihe:
ebs-Forschung, Schriftenreihe der EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOL Schloß Reichartshausen
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
313
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Foreword The management consulting industry has grown into a sizeable eco nomic sector and employment market in the outgoing 20* century. Globally operating management consulting firms, with thousands of consultants, have emerged. They coexist alongside many small consultancies and single practi tioners. As a result, a remarkable diversity in the organizational structure of management consulting firms has developed. Organizational structure is of utmost importance for consultancies as it directly impacts their business and employment models. Yet, little scientific explanation has been offered so far on the factors accounting for the diversity of organizational structure in manage ment consulting. Michael Graubner explores this contemporary topic. His research is guided by the contingency theory of organizations, one of the classical organi zation theory schools of thought that has been traditionally applied to investi gate organizational structure in manufacturing, banking, and the public sector. The author thoroughly reviews the different aspects of contingency theor- contingency factors, constructs of organizational structure, the concept of fit between contingencies and structure, organic vs. bureaucratic theory - and reflects on them in the light of other organization theory schools of thought.
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Biografische Anmerkung
Dr. Michael Graubner promovierte bei Prof. Dr. Jean-Paul Thommen am Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre, mit den Schwerpunkten Organisation und Personal der European Business School, Oestich-Winkel. Er ist derzeit als Unternehmensberater für McKinsey & Co. in Berlin tätig.
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2025
