Organization and Consultation
A Textbook on Foundations and Theories- Translated by Gordon C. Wells| By: | Nicole Saam |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang |
| Print ISBN: | 9783631636190 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783653017465 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This broad, balanced introduction to studies devoted to organizational consultation enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of professional consulting services. Organizational consultation is a type of interaction between two organizations: client and consultant. The interaction of client and consultant is described and explained from the point of view of nine different theoretical perspectives: symbolic interactionism (Mead, Blumer, Turner), Weberian organizational theory, new institutional economics (Jensen, Meckling, Williamson), dramaturgical sociology (Goffmann), micropolitical approaches (Crozier, Friedberg), functionalism (Parsons), systems theory (Luhmann), neo-institutionalism (Meyer), and postmodernism (Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard). These represent the major theoretical approaches from sociology, economics, and organization sciences.