Publications

Authors:

Sturdy, Andrew; Kirkpatrick, Ian; Veronesi, Gianluca

Title:

Governing public sector use of external management consultancy—beyond client procurement and consultant professionalization

Year:

2024

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

Elettronico

Referee:

No

Name of journal:

PUBLIC MONEY & MANAGEMENT

ISSN of journal:

0954-0962

Page numbers:

1-11

Keyword:

governance, management consulting, openness, public sector, purpose-led, rewards, truth to power, values

Short description of contents:

Most research on the use of external management consultancy in the public sector focuses on critique, with less attention given to improving governance. Where governance has been considered, a longstanding concern has been with client procurement and consultant professionalization. However, the persistence of malpractice and critique suggests a need for complementary approaches. In this review article, the authors explore three such options which are linked to core problems in the practice and use of consulting: reward systems and values in consulting firms and spaces where both clients and consultants can openly challenge and speak ‘truth to power’. These are examined in the wider context of an apparent move towards ‘purposeled’ consulting where profit is held to be less important. This is seen to present an opportunity for reform, but is insufficient on its own without other actors and activists intervening and traditional approaches being strengthened or radicalized.

Web page:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09540962.2024.2371919

Product ID:

140503

Handle IRIS:

11562/1131326

Last Modified:

November 14, 2024

Bibliographic citation:

Sturdy, Andrew; Kirkpatrick, Ian; Veronesi, Gianluca, Governing public sector use of external management consultancy—beyond client procurement and consultant professionalization «PUBLIC MONEY & MANAGEMENT» , 2024 , pp. 1-11

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