%0 Book
%A Nicole Saam
%D 2012
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 9783653017465
%T Organization and Consultation
%B A Textbook on Foundations and Theories- Translated by Gordon C. Wells
%R 10.3726/978-3-653-01746-5
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1047072
%X This broad, balanced introduction to studies devoted to organizational consultation enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of professional consulting services. Organizational consultation is a type of interaction between two organizations: client and consultant. The interaction of client and consultant is described and explained from the point of view of nine different theoretical perspectives: symbolic interactionism (Mead, Blumer, Turner), Weberian organizational theory, new institutional economics (Jensen, Meckling, Williamson), dramaturgical sociology (Goffmann), micropolitical approaches (Crozier, Friedberg), functionalism (Parsons), systems theory (Luhmann), neo-institutionalism (Meyer), and postmodernism (Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard). These represent the major theoretical approaches from sociology, economics, and organization sciences.
%K Mutual Role Formation, Asymmetrical Information, Impression Management, Deconstruction of Language Games
%G English