This unit explores the role, influence and activities of management consultants in Australia and overseas. It examines management consultants as developers and disseminators of knowledge and practice and their role as change agents. The main management themes covered in the unit include: the consulting industry in Australia and overseas; consultant roles and the consultant-client relationship; consultants and organisational change; knowledge intensive firms and the management of expertise; the diffusion of management knowledge and fashion in a global economy; consulting as an occupation and career; managing a consultancy.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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WORK6111 |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Leanne Cutcher, leanne.cutcher@sydney.edu.au |
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