Abstract
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 2014 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014: The Power of Words - Philadelphia, United States Duration: 1 Aug 2014 → 5 Aug 2014 Conference number: 74 http://aom.org/annualmeeting/ |
Conference
| Conference | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014 |
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| Number | 74 |
| Country | United States |
| City | Philadelphia |
| Period | 01/08/2014 → 05/08/2014 |
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The Dilemma of Professional Partnerships : Production of Producers or Prompt Profit? . / Bévort, Frans; Poulfelt, Flemming.
2014. Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, Philadelphia, United States.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The Dilemma of Professional Partnerships
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AU - Bévort, Frans
AU - Poulfelt, Flemming
N1 - CBS Library does not have access to the material
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A large and growing proportion of the organizations in the contemporary knowledge economy are organized as professional partnerships as is the case of professional service firms. As these firms have grown larger (e.g. Big4: Deloitte, PwC, E&Y, KPMG), the way of organizing is under pressure for change. The internalized 'democratic' ownership, the single- minded focus on delivering professionalism in client relations and the fundamental goal of growing new professionals of the professional partnerships have become challenged. Based on an ethnographic study of Deloitte in Denmark, and data from other sources, the paper analyzes the changing organization of work, the changing partner and manager roles and basic changes in the HR-model. The paper explores the question of where the partnership organization is going and discusses potentials and pitfalls for this particular type of organization.
AB - A large and growing proportion of the organizations in the contemporary knowledge economy are organized as professional partnerships as is the case of professional service firms. As these firms have grown larger (e.g. Big4: Deloitte, PwC, E&Y, KPMG), the way of organizing is under pressure for change. The internalized 'democratic' ownership, the single- minded focus on delivering professionalism in client relations and the fundamental goal of growing new professionals of the professional partnerships have become challenged. Based on an ethnographic study of Deloitte in Denmark, and data from other sources, the paper analyzes the changing organization of work, the changing partner and manager roles and basic changes in the HR-model. The paper explores the question of where the partnership organization is going and discusses potentials and pitfalls for this particular type of organization.
KW - Professional service firm
KW - HRM
KW - Management
M3 - Paper
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