Restructuring the professional organization : accounting, health care and law

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Restructuring the professional organization : accounting, health care and law

David M. Brock, Michael J. Powell and C.R. Hinings

Routledge, 1999

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780415192163

Description

In recent years the professions have undergone radical transformation. With the advent of rapidly changing markets, more sophisticated and demanding clients, deregulation and increased competition, the generalist professional partnerships have given way to larger, more corporate forms of organization, comprising increasingly autonomous specialist business units. This volume critically examines these changes through an examination of the archetypes which characterize accounting, health care and law practitioners. With examples drawn from Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA, Restructuring the Professional Organization will be of interest to all students of organization studies seeking to understand the issues and problems confronting the professions as they move to the new millennium. Topics covered include: * a review of the models of professional organization *drivers of change in professional organizations * internal dynamics of changes in these organizations * new organizational forms and archetypes.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 The changing professional organization, Michael F. Powell, David M. Brock, C. R. Hinings
  • Chapter 2 Internationalization of professional services, Yair Aharoni
  • Chapter 3 Global client's demands driving change in global business advisory firms, Teresa Rose, C. R. Hinings
  • Chapter 4 Institutional effects on organizational governance and conformity, Carol A. Caronna, W. Richard Scott
  • Chapter 5 Restructuring law firms, John T. Gray
  • Chapter 6 The struggle to redefine boundaries in health care systems, Jean-Louis Denis, Lise Lamothe, Ann Langley, Annick Valette
  • Chapter 7 The dynamics of change in large accounting firms, C. R. Hinings, Royston Greenwood, David Cooper
  • Chapter 8 Professionals organizing professionals, John Flood
  • Chapter 9 'All fur coat and no knickers', Martin Kitchener
  • Chapter 10 Continuity and change in professional organizations, Timothy Morris, Ashly Pinnington
  • Chapter 11 The restructured professional organization, David M. Brock, Michael J. Powell, C. R. Hinings
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780415192170

Description

In recent years the professions have undergone radical transformation. With the advent of rapidly changing markets, more sophisticated and demanding clients, deregulation and increased competition, the generalist professional partnerships have given way to larger, more corporate forms of organization, comprising increasingly autonomous specialist business units. This volume critically examines these changes through an examination of the archetypes which characterize accounting, health care and law practitioners. With examples drawn from Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA, Restructuring the Professional Organization will be of interest to all students of organization studies seeking to understand the issues and problems confronting the professions as they move to the new millennium. Topics covered include: * a review of the models of professional organization *drivers of change in professional organizations * internal dynamics of changes in these organizations * new organizational forms and archetypes.

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