Sub-theme 50: Management Consultancy: Exploring the Boundaries and Alternatives
Convenors:
Stefan Heusinkveld, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Andrew Sturdy, University of Bristol, UK
Andreas Werr, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Session I: Thursday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, Room 2 – Aalto Executive Education
Shifting Boundaries in Client-Consultant Interactions
Chair: Andreas Werr
Lovisa Näslund and Frida Pemer
Through a glass, darkly: The dissolution and creation of boundaries in client-consultant interaction
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Andrew Sturdy, Nick Wylie and Christopher Wright
Session II: Thursday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, Room 2 – Aalto Executive Education
Management Consulting and Management Ideas
Chair: Frida Pemer
Monica Rolfsen
Lean navigators – Management consultants or consulting managers?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Frank Dievernich and Patricia Wolf
Frank Dievernich and Patricia Wolf
"Consultancy – extra-ordinary"
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jurriaan Nijholt and Patrick Reinmoeller
Pieter-Jan Bezemer and Patrick Reinmoeller
The adoption of popular management ideas and reputation effects
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Monica Rolfsen
Session III: Thursday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, Room 2 – Aalto Executive Education
Behind the Scenes of Consulting: Resistance, Dirty Work and Stress
Chair: Andrew Sturdy
Savita Kumra and Raffaella Valsecchi
Can the 'white collar' be 'dirty': Applying a 'dirty work' perspective to the case of management consultancy
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Darren McCabe
Darren McCabe
'Solutions architects': On the role of internal consultants in a local government authority
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Julia Muhlhaus and Onno Bouwmeester
Julia Mühlhaus and Onno Bouwmeester
The social construction of special people: Stretching consultants' boundaries to cope with stress
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Savita Kumra and Raffaella Valsecchi
Session IV: Friday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, Room 2 – Aalto Executive Education
Beyond the Project Boundaries: The Broader Life of Consultants
Chair: Savita Kumra
Matthias Kipping
Beyond the generic: Consultants as individuals
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Patrizia Hoyer
Patrizia Hoyer
Once a consultant, always a consultant? Contextual resources in the construction of post-exit identities
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Yvette Taminiau
Yvette Taminiau, Aaltje Wiersma and Marc de Haas Dorsser
The homo ludens: Backstage consulting at the golf courses and in skyboxes
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Matthias Kipping
Session V: Friday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, Room 2 – Aalto Executive Education
Constructing Boundaries: Identities, Occupations and Coalitions
Chair: Darren McCabe
Natalia Nikolova and Jonathan Pratt
The strategic use of the insider/label label in client-consultant projects
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Staffan Furusten, Andreas Werr and Susanna Alexius
Staffan Furusten, Andreas Werr and Susanna Alexius
Idealist innovations and Emperor's new clothes – CSR and the consultancy sector. What services are offered and by whom?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Stefan Heusinkveld, Claudia Groß and Timothy Clark
Stefan Heusinkveld, Claudia Groß and Timothy Clark
Rethinking the management intellectual: Exploring the discursive legitimation of management practitioners’ attitudes
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Natalia Nikolova and Jonathan Pratt
Session VI: Saturday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30, Room 2 – Aalto Executive Education
Crossing Boundaries: Enhancing Legitimacy and Knowledge Flows
Chair: Stefan Heusinkveld
Giacomo Carli and Alessandro Grandi
Can consultants influence dynamic capabilities? A multiple case study
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Stephanos Avakian
Stephanos Avakian
Manifestations of moral legitimacy in the client consultant relationship
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Ulrik Brandi and Bente Elkjaer
Ulrik Brandi and Bente Elkjaer
Organizational learning across boundaries – A case of management consultancy
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Giacomo Carli and Alessandro Grandi
Session VII: Saturday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, Room 2 – Aalto Executive Education
Contested Boundaries: Colonization and Alternatives
Chair: Monica Rolfsen
Guillaume Carton
Academic consulting as an alternative to management consulting
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Stephanie Hurt
Stephanie Hurt
Two of the paths followed by IT service providers diversifying into management consulting: Insourcing and outsourcing
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Annika Schilling
Annika Schilling
Communication consultants: The establishment of a new professional role identity
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Guillaume Carton