Silence, procrustes and colonization: A response to Clegg et al.'s 'noise, parasites and translation: Theory and practice in management consulting'

• Main Authors: STURDY, Andrew, CLARK, Timothy Adrian Robert, FINCHAM, Robin, HANDLEY, Karen
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6278; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7277/viewcontent/Silence_Procrustes_Clegg_2004_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The article by Clegg, Kornberger and Rhodes in March 2004’s issue of Management Learning is a refreshing and welcome contribution to an otherwise largely sterile, atheoretical and overly prescriptive literature on management consulting. However, and sadly, it stops very short of offering a critique...