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World's Newest Profession : Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century
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"If you use consultants, or claim to be a consultant, you should read this book." -Charles Wilson, CEO, Booker Ltd., '[The World's Newest Profession] is a compelling, well-told story that goes a long way toward explaining the ubiquity, intentions, and limitations of modern management consultants. The book makes an important contribution to the literatures on professionalization, on twentieth-century business history in the United States, and on corporate culture.' Christopher Tassava, Enterprise and Society 'Christopher D. McKenna's masterful, impeccably researched, prize-winning study of management consulting exemplifies the best that business history has to offer to the larger historical profession, the business community, and those who shape public policy. The World's Newest Profession ably analyzes the role of public policy in creating one of the most consistently mocked and reviled segments of the managerial community.' Albert Churella, The Journal of American History, 'McKenna concludes his provocative account by suggesting that it's time for consultancy to group up and accept the challenge of professionalism. In the meantime clients might consider adding another definition to the one about a consultant being someone who borrows your watch to tell you the time: in McKenna's story, a consultant sells insurance which is only valid so long as you don't make a claim. McKenna's title, of course, makes allusion to another well-known profession whose prerogative is power without responsibility: the oldest.' Simon Caulkin, The Observer, 'History is not bunk. With Glass-Steagall repealed and the aftershocks of the Enron scandal by no means over, the timing of The World's Newest Profession could hardly be more fortuitous. McKenna's breadth of scholarship and clarity of argument will undoubtedly sit, like Banquo's ghost, at the consulting banquet for years to come.' Fiona Czerniawska, Consulting to Management, 'McKenna's book does a superb job of exploring the role that this industry played in transforming (not always for the better) a variety of different types of organizations - from businesses to religious and charitable associations to government agencies - and through them much of the fabric of modern life.' Naomi Lamoreaux, University of California, Los Angeles, 'This book should be required reading for everyone who teaches at a business school, as well as for all MBA students. I recommend it to anyone interested in the upheavals around corporate governance and professional ethics that marked the turn of the 21st century.' JoAnne Yates, MIT Sloan School of Management, 'Christopher D. McKenna's masterful, impeccably researched, prize-winning study of management consulting exemplifies the best that business history has to offer to the larger historical profession, the business community, and to those who shape the public policy." Albert Churella, Southern Polytechnic State University Journal of American History, '... the author has ... done [one] of the most important things that he sets out to do which is to bring to the attention of current and future management consultants a knowledge of the development of their profession.' The Business Economist 'The World's Newest Profession documents the rise of management consulting in the United States. ... It is a novel study that deserves the attention of business historians, management professors, and organizational scholars.' Neil Fligstein, Business History Review, 'McKenna has unearthed the distinctly American origins of modern consulting in the evolution of financial market regulation - surprisingly and convincingly.' John Clarkeson, Co-Chairman of the Board, The Boston Consulting Group 'Witch doctors or miracle workers? Whatever your view of management consultants, it pays to understand how the world's leading consulting firms have become so influential. McKenna's superb history reveals how one crucial piece of US legislation - the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act - and one vibrant American city - Chicago - spawned an industry that has transformed the face of global business and national government in the 20th century.' Martin Giles, Managing Director, The Economist Group, North America, "McKenna has unearthed the distinctly American origins of modern consulting in the evolution of financial market regulation - surprisingly and convincingly." -John Clarkeson, Co-Chairman of the Board, The Boston Consulting Group, 'The World's Newest Profession documents the rise of management consulting in the United States. … It is a novel study that deserves the attention of business historians, management professors, and organizational scholars.' Neil Fligstein, Business History Review, "McKenna's book does a superb job of exploring the role that this industry played in transforming (not always for the better) a variety of different types of organizations - from businesses to religious and charitable associations to government agencies - and through them much of the fabric of modern life." -Naomi Lamoreaux, Professor of Economics & History, University of California, Los Angeles, If you use consultants, or claim to be a consultant, you should read this book.' Charles Wilson, CEO, Booker Ltd. 'This book should be required reading for everyone who teaches at a business school, as well as for all MBA students. I recommend it to anyone interested in the upheavals around corporate governance and professional ethics that marked the turn of the 21st century.' JoAnne Yates, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, '... the author has ... done [one] of the most important things that he sets out to do which is to bring to the attention of current and future management consultants a knowledge of the development of their profession.' The Business Economist, 'This history of management consulting analyses an important stream of the history of modern business itself. Today's managers can put its insights to practical use when engaging - or deciding not to engage - consultants.' Tony Tyler, Chief Operating Office, Cathay Pacific Airways, '[The World's Newest Profession] is a compelling, well-told story that goes a long way toward explaining the ubiquity, intentions, and limitations of modern management consultants. The book makes an important contribution to the literatures on professionalization, on twentieth-century business history in the United States, and on corporate culture.' Christopher Tassava, Enterprise and Society, 'Witch doctors or miracle workers? Whatever your view of management consultants, it pays to understand how the world's leading consulting firms have become so influential. McKenna's superb history reveals how one crucial piece of US legislation - the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act - and one vibrant American city - Chicago - spawned an industry that has transformed the face of global business and national government in the 20th century.' Martin Giles, The Economist Group, North America, 'Intriguing revelations are contained in Chris McKenna's important new book. His timing is perfect. ... Although academic thoroughness is one of its chief merits, the book remains readable and entertaining throughout. ... It is a sober and truthful antidote to all the glossy consultancy brochures that promise 'strategic solutions' and 'value-added' analysis.' Financial Times, "This book should be required reading for everyone who teaches at a business school, as well as for all MBA students. I recommend it to anyone interested in the upheavals around corporate governance and professional ethics that marked the turn of the 21st century." -JoAnne Yates, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, "McKenna offers a lively look at a profession that has often been shrouded in secrecy, and shows how it has become enormously lucrative - although not always as a result of the quality of advice being doled out. Interesting and provocative, McKenna's book offers a lens to understand the development of the modern corporation." -Jon Housman, Managing Director, The Wall Street Journal Europe, '... the author has ... done of the most important things that he sets out to do which is to bring to the attention of current and future management consultants a knowledge of the development of their profession.' The Business Economist, "Fascinating, frightening, and perfectly timed - McKenna's sweeping survey shines a brilliant light on a profession that has always preferred to keep outsiders in the dark." -Martin Kihn, author of House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and then Tell You the Time, 'McKenna offers a lively look at a profession that has often been shrouded in secrecy, and shows how it has become enormously lucrative - although not always as a result of the quality of advice being doled out. Interesting and provocative, McKenna's book offers a lens to understand the development of the modern corporation.' Jon Housman, Managing Director , The Wall Street Journal Europe, 'Fascinating, frightening, and perfectly timed - McKenna's sweeping survey shines a brilliant light on a profession that has always preferred to keep outsiders in the dark.' Martin Kihn, author of House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time, "It is an exhaustive account of the history of management consultancy that has been several years in the making. Although academic thoroughness is one of its chief merits, the book remains readable and entertaining throughout. McKenna's serious and not unsympathetic approach allows him to debunk certain myths about consultancy without falling into the trap of becoming an unthinking critic. It is a sober and truthful antidote to all the glossy consultancy marketing brochures that promise "strategic solutions" and "value-added" analysis." -Stefan Stern, Financial Times, "History is not bunk. With Glass-Steagall repealed and the aftershocks of the Enron scandal by no means over, the timing of The World's Newest Profession could hardly be more fortuitous. McKenna's breadth of scholarship and clarity of argument will undoubtedly sit, like Banquo's ghost, at the consulting banquet for years to come." -Fiona Czerniawska, Consulting to Management, "...this is a fascinating book whose accessible and clear writing style should ensure a wide readership. The footnotes provide a wonderful resource for any student of management consulting and knowledge-intensive firms. Its broad sweep and rich detail mean that it is destined to become a key text in this area." -Timothy Clark, Durham University, Administrative Science Quarterly, "McKenna opens the private world of management consulting to his keen analytical eye, providing a rich, absorbing accounting of the rise and expansion of this profession, and a sharp critique of consulting's role in shaping the strategies of the world's largest corporations. This is a fascinating, revealing book about a profession that has received little serious, sustained scholarly attention." -Walter W. Powell, Professor of Education & Sociology, Stanford University, 'History is not bunk. With Glass-Steagall repealed and the aftershocks of the Enron scandal by no means over, the timing of The World's Newest Profession could hardly be more fortuitous. McKenna's breadth of scholarship and clarity of argument will undoubtedly sit, like Banquo's ghost, at the consulting banquet for years to come.' Fiona Czerniawska, Consulting to Management 'McKenna offers a lively look at a profession that has often been shrouded in secrecy, and shows how it has become enormously lucrative - although not always as a result of the quality of advice being doled out. Interesting and provocative, McKenna's book offers a lens to understand the development of the modern corporation.' Jon Housman, Managing Director, The Wall Street Journal Europe, 'If you use consultants, or claim to be a consultant, you should read this book.' Charles Wilson, CEO, Booker Ltd., 'This is a pioneering history of management consulting as it developed in the United States in the twentieth century. Focusing on the leading firms in the industry - McKinsey & Company, Booz Allen and Hamilton, Cresap, McCormick and Paget, and Arthur Andersen - the author provides a vivid account of the decisive impact of management consultants on the process of organizational change in the context of the business corporation as well as in governmental and non-profit institutions. The geographical compass extends beyond the United States, as the American decentralized corporate model was exported to western Europe at the behest of the consulting elite. ... This book will appeal to a number of audiences, and for some it should be essential reading. Key insights are provided into the quality of corporate governance, business strategy and corporate reorganization. Business historians are particularly well served by this multidisciplinary study.' M. W. Kirby, The Economic History Review, 'Intriguing revelations are contained in Chris McKenna's important new book. His timing is perfect. ... Although academic thoroughness is one of its chief merits, the book remains readable and entertaining throughout. ... It is a sober and truthful antidote to all the glossy consultancy brochures that promise 'strategic solutions' and 'value-added' analysis.' Financial Times 'A highly readable account of the rise of the management-consultancy phenomenon. McKenna is admirably balanced: not starry-eyed about the serious men in suits, but neither is he sneeringly cynical. Explains a lot about how businesses are run today.' FT Magazine, 'Christopher D. McKenna thinks consulting needs to grow up. After a nearly century-long fight to be as professional, the industry seems willing to embrace the pleasures of professional status - healthy pay, intellectually challenging work, respectful relationships with clients - but not the hassles of accreditation, a code of ethics, or professional liability.' M. Ellen Peebles, Harvard Business Review, "This history of management consulting analyses an important stream of the history of modern business itself. Today's managers can put its insights to practical use when engaging - or deciding not to engage - consultants." -Tony Tyler, Chief Operating Office, Cathay Pacific Airways, 'Fascinating, frightening, and perfectly timed - McKenna's sweeping survey shines a brilliant light on a profession that has always preferred to keep outsiders in the dark.' Martin Kihn, author of House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time 'McKenna opens the private world of management consulting to his keen analytical eye, providing a rich, absorbing accounting of the rise and expansion of this profession, and a sharp critique of consulting's role in shaping the strategies of the world's largest corporations. This is a fascinating, revealing book about a profession that has received little serious, sustained scholarly attention.' Walter W. Powell, Professor of Education and Sociology, Stanford University, "Witch doctors or miracle workers? Whatever your view of management consultants, it pays to understand how the world's leading consulting firms have become so influential. McKenna's superb history reveals how one crucial piece of US legislation - the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act - and one vibrant American city - Chicago - spawned an industry that has transformed the face of global business and national government in the 20th century." -Martin Giles, Managing Director, The Economist Group, North America, '[This] is an exhaustive account of the history of management consultancy that has been several years in the making. Although academic thoroughness is one of its chief merits, the book remains readable and entertaining throughout. McKenna's serious and not unsympathetic approach allows him to debunk certain myths about consultancy without falling into the trap of becoming an unthinking critic.' Stefan Stern, Financial Times 'America's anti-trust laws make consulting a legally less problematic way of transferring knowledge than interim cooperation. McKenna superbly shows how the legal defeat of Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration and its implicit vision of an associative, corporatist state was a triumph for management consulting. Moreover, by mid-century the Truman administration tilted toward buying knowledge from external consultants rather than developing knowledge internally in the civil service, launching today's 'contractor state'.' James Hoopes, The American Historical Review, '... this is a fascinating book whose accessible and clear writing style should ensure a wide readership. The footnotes provide a wonderful resource for any student of management consulting and knowledge-intensive firms. Its broad sweep and rich detail mean that it is destined to become a key text in this area.' Timothy Clark, Administrative Science Quarterly '[McKenna] presents extensive data from various sources in a fascinating and very readably way. A particularly interesting feature is the role of governments in the development of management consulting through legislation and commissioned work. McKenna's work also underlines the crucial role of management consultants in pushing - in the words of new institutionalists ... - organizations into the 'the iron cage', i.e. towards a point where they all become similar.' Lars Engwall, Business History, 'The World's Newest Profession documents the rise of management consulting in the United States. ... It is a novel study that deserves the attention of business historians, management professors, and organizational scholars.' Neil Fligstein, Business History Review, 'Stretching out for a full century, the scope of McKenna's research and analysis is truly impressive. Just as remarkably, his insights are presented with a style and grace that make them compelling to both business history specialists as well as a broad-based general audience interested in the essential roots of our modern commercial economy. Simply put, The World's Newest Profession stands as an exemplary work of business history and the committee is proud to award Christopher D. McKenna the Hagley Prize for 2007.' From the award citation for The 2007 Hagley Prize of the Business History Conference, 'McKenna opens the private world of management consulting to his keen analytical eye, providing a rich, absorbing accounting of the rise and expansion of this profession, and a sharp critique of consulting's role in shaping the strategies of the world's largest corporations. This is a fascinating, revealing book about a profession that has received little serious, sustained scholarly attention.' Walter W. Powell, Stanford University, 'A highly readable account of the rise of the management-consultancy phenomenon. McKenna is admirably balanced: not starry-eyed about the serious men in suits, but neither is he sneeringly cynical. Explains a lot about how businesses are run today.' FT Magazine, "This groundbreaking study details how the leading consulting companies expanded after U.S. regulatory changes during the 1930s." -Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment, '… the author has … done [one] of the most important things that he sets out to do which is to bring to the attention of current and future management consultants a knowledge of the development of their profession.' The Business Economist, 'McKenna has unearthed the distinctly American origins of modern consulting in the evolution of financial market regulation - surprisingly and convincingly.' John Clarkeson, Co-Chairman of the Board, The Boston Consulting Group, 'This history of management consulting analyses an important stream of the history of modern business itself. Today's managers can put its insights to practical use when engaging - or deciding not to engage - consultants.' Tony Tyler, Chief Operating Office, Cathay Pacific Airways 'McKenna's book does a superb job of exploring the role that this industry played in transforming (not always for the better) a variety of different types of organizations - from businesses to religious and charitable associations to government agencies - and through them much of the fabric of modern life.' Naomi Lamoreaux, Professor of Economics and History, University of California, Los Angeles, 'Intriguing revelations are contained in Chris McKenna's important new book. His timing is perfect. … Although academic thoroughness is one of its chief merits, the book remains readable and entertaining throughout. … It is a sober and truthful antidote to all the glossy consultancy brochures that promise 'strategic solutions' and 'value-added' analysis.' Financial Times
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Table Of Content
Introduction: making a career of consulting; 1. Economies of knowledge: a theory of management consulting; 2. Accounting for a new profession: consultants' struggle for jurisdictional power; 3. How have consultants mattered? The case of Lukens Steel; 4. Creating the contractor state: consultants in the American Federal Government; 5. Finding profit in nonprofits: the influence of consultants on the third sector; 6. The gilded age of consulting: a snapshot of consultants circa 1960; 7. The American challenge: exporting the American model; 8. Selling corporate culture: codifying and commodifying professionalism; 9. Watchdogs, lapdogs, or retrievers? Liability and the rebirth of the management audit; Conclusion: the world's newest profession?
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In The World's Newest Profession Christopher McKenna offers a history of management consulting in the twentieth century. Although management consulting may not yet be a recognized profession, the leading consulting firms have been advising and reshaping the largest organizations in the world since the 1920s. This groundbreaking study details how the elite consulting firms, including McKinsey & Company and Booz Allen & Hamilton, expanded after US regulatory changes during the 1930s, how they changed giant corporations, nonprofits, and the state during the 1950s, and why consultants became so influential in the global economy after 1960. As they grew in number, consultants would introduce organizations to 'corporate culture' and 'decentralization' but they faced vilification for their role in the Enron crisis and for legitimating corporate blunders. Through detailed case studies based on unprecedented access to internal files and personal interviews, The World's Newest Profession explores how management consultants came to be so influential within our culture and explains exactly what consultants really do in the global economy., This book offers a history of management consulting in the twentieth century. It details how the elite consulting firms expanded after US regulatory changes during the 1930s, how they changed giant corporations, nonprofits, and the state during the 1950s, and explains exactly what consultants really do and why they became so influential in the global economy after 1960., In The World's Newest Profession, Christopher McKenna offers a history of management consulting in the twentieth century. While management consulting may not yet be a recognized profession, the leading consulting firms have been advising and reshaping the largest organizations in the world since the 1920s. This groundbreaking study details how the elite consulting firms, including McKinsey and Booz Allen, expanded after U.S. regulatory changes during the 1930s, how they changed giant corporations, nonprofits, and the state during the 1950s, and why consultants became so influential in the global economy after 1960. As they grew in numbers, consultants would introduce organizations to "corporate culture" and "decentralization" but they faced vilification for their role in the Enron crisis and for legitimating corporate blunders. Through detailed case studies based on unprecedented access to internal files and personal interviews, The World's Newest Profession explores how management consultants came to be so influential within our culture and explains exactly what consultants really do in the global economy.
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