Management Consultancy and the British State A Historical Analysis Since 1960 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Weiss, Antonio E. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Business consultants.; Management.; Great Britain-History.; Europe-History-1492-.; Business Consulting.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Modern Europe.

This book traces the emergence and development of the relationship between management consultancies and the British state. It seeks to answer three questions: why were management consultants brought into the machinery of the state; how has state power been impacted by bringing profit-seeking actors...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Planning, 1960s-1970s
• 3. Reorganising, 1970s: The 1974 National Health Service Reorganisation and McKinsey & Company
• 4. Automating, 1980s: Arthur Andersen and the Operational Strategy
• 5. Delivering, 1990s-2000s
• 6. Conclusions.