Essays about: "Management-consultant firm"

Found 5 essays containing the words Management-consultant firm.

  1. 1. WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL AGAIN? Investigating Challenges to Develop and Maintain Structural Capital in a Knowledge Intensive Network-Based Organisation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Björn Porlein; Hugo Söderberg; [2022-08-18]
    Keywords : Structural Capital; Organisational Structure; Network-Based Organisations;

    Abstract : In a fast changing knowledge-intensive business environment, the importance of harnessing knowledge from employees has intensified. Thus, a key success factor for organisations stresses the ability to institutionalise knowledge from employees into structural capital. READ MORE

  3. 2. Liminal Space Duality- Socialisation into the consultant working context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Adam Ahlbom; Holmer Medbo Andreas; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : Liminality; Rites of Passage; Socialisation; Organisational entry; Temporal work; Liminal work; Consultancy work; Identity work; Sensemaking; Sensegiving; Liminal space duality;

    Abstract : This study investigates the working condition of the management consultant and how a newcomer is socialised into it by drawing insights from liminality, sensemaking and sensegiving research. 25 interviews were held with employees from three different global consultancy firms with experience ranging from 0-6 years. READ MORE

  4. 3. I need you but I don't know why

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Amelie Jakobsson; Matilda Täng; [2017]
    Keywords : need construction; management consultancy services; client organization; management consultant;

    Abstract : The processes of purchasing management consultancy services has become a more frequent phenomenon in today's business climate. This implies opportunities and challenges for organizations as the purchase is of high strategic importance. Yet how the need to purchase these services is constructed in the buying organization remains unanswered. READ MORE

  5. 4. Expatriates as a Knowledge Sharing Mechanism - A case study of A Professional Service Firm

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Axel Norderyd; Linus Nolgren; [2013-07-16]
    Keywords : transnational organization; professional service firms; expatriation; knowledge management; knowledge transfer; tacit knowledge; explicit knowledge;

    Abstract : Professional service firms are gaining more attention in the academic field today due to the improved importance of the sector in the developed world. When professional service firms internationalize, expatriation is a common tool for transferring company specific tacit and explicit knowledge, unique for the firm. READ MORE

  6. 5. Building Bridges. The case of Implement – Knowledge Sharing in a management-consulting firm with a bold growth strategy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Delin Svensson; Elin Törnblom; Gustav Emthén; [2012]
    Keywords : Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Intensive Firm; Culture; Knowledge Management; Management-consultant firm; Contextual factors; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this study is to examine how Knowledge Management is conducted in a practical setting. This research concerns a single case study conducted from an interpretative, qualitative perspective. The empirical base is a single case study of a management-consulting firm consisting of nine interviews with employees. READ MORE