(Complexity and Management)
by Nicholas Sarra (Editor), Karina Solsø (Editor), Chris Mowles (Editor)
Consultancy
is a lucrative industry dependent on the production and use of tools
and techniques which hold out the promise of success for the
organisations it supports: transformation, or greater efficiency and
effectiveness, perhaps even culture change. However, a critical and
important question is whether these promises are fulfilled in everyday
practice in organisations. Is it possible at all for consultants to
predict and control the changes that their clients ask for? This volume
reframes the role of consultants from detached observers wielding a
stable body of knowledge useful in all contexts, to that of skilled
participants in the conscious and unconscious processes of
organisational life.
In this book, one of three in a
series looking at complexity and management, the expert authors bring
together their experiences to provide vibrant accounts of how to lead in
everyday organisational situations using practical judgement. The book
includes a brief historical introduction to complexity and leadership,
real-world narratives illustrating concrete dilemmas in the workplace,
and a concluding chapter that draws together the practical and
theoretical implications.
With both theoretical
grounding and practical insights from managers and consultants in
leading firms, this is an ideal resource for executives and students on
leadership development and talent management programmes, as well as
those undertaking higher education courses in leadership and consulting.
