Alternative Pathways of Change in Professional Services Firms: The Case of Management Consulting

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 777-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Kipping ◽  
Ian Kirkpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Professional Services ◽  
Management Consulting ◽  
Alternative Pathways ◽  
Professional Services Firms

Women in Global Professional Services Firms

2019 ◽  
pp. 583-602
Author(s):  
Daria Panina
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Professional Service Firms ◽  
Organizational Principle ◽  
Professional Services Firms ◽  
Female Professionals

Professional services firms (PSFs) have traditionally relied on professional partnerships as an organizational principle. This system was developed more than a century ago, when women did not actively pursue careers in professional services. Professional partnerships are very resistant to change and have managed to preserve their main features for decades. Their formal and informal practices still have exclusionary effects on female professionals. However, professional services firms are increasingly facing a deregulated, competitive, and very dynamic environment and are pressured by the labor market and client firms to rethink their stance on gender diversity. This chapter presents an overview of the management practices in professional services firms and outlines the major changes in their environment. Recent trends in changing management practices in the professional services sector and their impact on female professionals are analyzed. Implications for theory building and future research on management practices in professional service firms are discussed.

The Effects of a KM Strategy on KM Performance in Professional Services Firms

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reimar Palte ◽  
Michael Hertlein ◽  
Stefan Smolnik ◽  
Gerold Riempp
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Km Strategy ◽  
Professional Services Firms

Knowledge management (KM) is a critical issue in professional services firms (PSFs). Many researchers define a KM strategy as a crucial driver of KM success in corporations. Research demonstrates that there is a positive relationship between KM strategy and the performance of KM processes, which are both closely related to KM success. In the longitudinal benchmark survey presented in this paper, based on an integrated KM framework and focusing on PSFs, the authors found evidence of such an effect, that is, KM strategy’s impact on KM success.

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