I would recommend two resources. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Institute</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management Consultants USA</st1:placename></st1:place> has a brochure entitled "How to Hire a Management Consultant" which can be downloaded from their website, http://www.imcusa.org/certification/why_hire_a_cmc?/how_to_hire_a_cmc/ and http://www.imcusa.org/H2H_2006_Comm.pdf. From the consultants side, you might want to see the journal, C2M: Consulting to Management, which is available through many online data bases
Warm regards,
Drumm
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<st1:personname w:st="on">Drumm McNaughton</st1:personname>, Ph.D., CMC®
Chair-Elect, Board of Directors
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Institute</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management</st1:placename> Consultants <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>
drumm@imcusa.org
President
The Change Leader, Inc.
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drumm@thechangeleader.com
http://www.thechangeleader.com
*CMC (Certified Management Consultant) is the certification mark awarded by the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Institute</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management Consultants USA</st1:placename></st1:place> and represents evidence of the highest standards of consulting and adherence to the ethical canons of the profession. Fewer than 1% of all consultants have achieved this level of excellence. See Why hire a CMC?
From: <st1:personname w:st="on">Organizational Behavior Division Listserv</st1:personname> [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Jackie Eder-Van Hook
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:08 AM
To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
Subject: consultant dependency.
I am wondering if anyone has suggestions on articles focused on consultant dependency.
Jackie Eder-Van Hook, MSOD
PhD Student
Human & Organizational Development
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