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The (Non)sense of Organizational Change Continued: A Rejoinder to Armbrüster and Glückler

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Germany, sorge{at}wzb.eu

Arjen van Witteloostuijn

University of Antwerp, Belgium, arjen.vanwitteloostuijn{at}ua.ac.be

The paper by Armbrüster and Glückler (2007) contains some interesting material on the development of the consultancy industry and on the more recent nature of internationalization. However, their paper severely misrepresents and distorts most of what we have written. The argument it makes therefore does not affect what we have said, and it does not acknowledge that important parts of our treatment are compatible with what they say. In fact, the flow of discussion from our essai to theirs shows the continuing topicality of our worries and propositions.

Key Words: management consulting • professional service firms • service economics • consulting and academia cooperation

References

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Organization Studies, Vol. 28, No. 12, 1887-1892 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607084968


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