This paper explains the proliferation of consulting activities in nonprofit organizations, and illustrates it by a study of the external consultancies commissioned by one religious/charitable organization (RCO) within a twelve-month period. The qualitative study, conducted over one year,...

This paper explains the proliferation of consulting activities in nonprofit organizations, and illustrates it by a study of the external consultancies commissioned by one religious/charitable organization (RCO) within a twelve-month period. The qualitative study, conducted over one year,...

Strategy practice has traditionally involved highly structured processes and tools of analysis (Heracleous, 1998; Wilson, 1998; Mintzberg 1994; Porter, 1980). Although planning methods assist in surfacing the 'wicked' nature of strategic issues and testing of assumptions in strategy making, (Moss Kanter, 2002;...

Professional consultants play a role in mobilising the ?creep? of corporate practices from the for-profit sector, through the public sector and into the nonprofit sector. As well as legitimising these practices, consultancies illustrate the power of professional groups to institute change across...