TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haan,Erik de
TI  - Fearless consulting: temptations, risks and limits of the profession 
SN  - 9781119209171
AV  - HD69.C6 H3213 2006eb
U1  - 001 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Chichester, England, Hoboken, NJ
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Business consultants
KW  - Consultants
KW  - Intervention (Administrative procedure)
KW  - Problem solving
KW  - Responsibility
KW  - Conseillers d'entreprise
KW  - Intervention (Proc�edure administrative)
KW  - R�esolution de probl�eme
KW  - Responsabilit�e
KW  - consultants
KW  - aat
KW  - advisors
KW  - REFERENCE
KW  - Questions & Answers
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-187) and index; Cover -- Contents -- Foreword 1 -- Foreword 2 -- Preface -- Prologue: Characteristics of Consulting -- 1: Characteristics of the Entry -- 2: The Entry and Fearless Speech -- Communicating advice -- Four forms of argumentation -- Forms of argumentation for consultants -- The fearless consultant -- Fearless speech under pressure -- Conclusion -- 3: Characteristics of Joint Problem Formulation -- 4: Problem Formulation and Irony -- Ambiguous communication -- What is irony? -- Two divine examples of irony -- The ironic consultant -- Irony as an instrument for change -- Irony and the concept of fate -- Conclusion -- 5: Characteristics of Intervening -- 6: Intervening and Power -- Intervening means stepping in -- The focus of interventions -- The art of intervening -- The powerless consultant -- Conclusion -- 7: Characteristics of Consolidating -- 8: Consolidating and Responsibility -- The responsibility of the consultant -- Why does anything come about? -- Authority and responsibility -- The non-responsible consultant -- Conclusion -- 9: Characteristics of Departure and Letting Go -- 10: Letting Go and Tragic Consulting -- The consultant as committed outsider -- The chorus in Greek tragedy -- The tragic consultant -- What pleasure does a tragedy give? -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Twenty Minutes in the Life of a Consultant -- The invitation -- Observations prior to the conversation -- The conversation as it took place -- The conversation as it did not take place -- Observations following the conversation -- The follow-up conversation -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119209171
ER  -