Internal Consultants as Agents of Change: The Redesign of the Human Resource Function in the UK
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Management Research Centre
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Andrew Sturdy (Author)
(2010)
Management consultancy without consulting firms or ?consultants?
Andrew Sturdy (Author)
(2011)
Consultancy's consequences?
Christopher Wright (Author)
(2009)
Management innovation as standardization and control : the role of internal consultants
Nick Wylie (Author)
(2011)
HR and change agency : lessons from the organisation of internal consultancy
Nick Wylie (Author)
(2010)
The organization of internal management consultancy : dynamics, dimensions and dilemmas
Sturdy A
(2018)
Promoting solutions and co-constructing problems - management consultancy and instrument constituencies
in Policy and Society
Sturdy A
(2011)
Consultancy's Consequences? A Critical Assessment of Management Consultancy's Impact on Management
in British Journal of Management
| Description | PLEASE SEE PROJECT REPORT FOR LIST OF FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS and http://www.esrc.ac.uk/files/news-events-and-publications/publications/magazines-and-newsletters/society-now/society-now-issue-22/ p24-25 |
| Exploitation Route | See the following: Sturdy, A. J., Wylie, N. and Wright, C (2016) 'Managers as consultants: The hybridity and tensions of neo-bureaucratic management'. Organization 23, 2, 184-205. DOI: 10.1177/1350508414541580. Wylie, N., Sturdy, A. J. and Wright, C (2014) 'Change agency in occupational context: The challenges of congestion and credibility as lessons for HRM', Human Resource Management Journal, 24, 1, 95-110. Sturdy, A. J., Wylie, N. and Wright, C (2013) 'Management consultancy and organizational uncertainty: The case of internal consultancy', International Studies of Management and Organization, 43, 3, 58-73. Wright, C., Sturdy, A. J. and Wylie, N. (2012) 'Management innovation through standardization: Consultants as standardizers of organizational practice'. Research Policy, 41, 3, 652-662. Sturdy, A. J. and Wright, C. (2011) 'The active client: The boundary-spanning roles of internal consultants as gatekeepers, brokers and partners of their external counterparts', Management Learning, 42, 5, 485-503. Sturdy, A. J., Wylie, N. and Wright, C. (2015) 'Management as consultancy: Neo-bureaucracy and the consultant manager'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
| Sectors | Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/the-successful-slow-death-of-management-consultants-37400 |
| Description | Internal consulting - ten essentials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Short feature. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.managers.org.uk/about-us/professional-manager-magazine |