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Lowering Social Desirability Bias: Doing Jokes-Based Interviews 降低社会期望偏见:做基于笑话的面试

Management Consulting Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-24 DOI: 10.2478/mcj-2023-0010

Onno Bouwmeester

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Graduate Employability: An Update on Behaviours Prized by Employers 毕业生就业能力:雇主看重的行为的最新进展

Management Consulting Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-24 DOI: 10.2478/mcj-2023-0007

David Biggs

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Business Models of Consulting Firms: What do their Leaders Need to Know? 咨询公司的商业模式:他们的领导者需要知道什么?

Management Consulting Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-24 DOI: 10.2478/mcj-2023-0014

M. Stone, B. Parnell

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Responsible Management Consultancy: Old Wine or New Normal? 负责任的管理咨询:陈年佳酿还是新常态?

Management Consulting Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-24 DOI: 10.2478/mcj-2023-0008

Andrew Sturdy

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Consulting on the Cusp of Digitalization 数字化前沿的咨询

Management Consulting Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2478/mcj-2023-0001

M. Sayyadi, Michael J. Provitera

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ICMCI 2022 NCI Project ICMCI 2022 NCI项目

Management Consulting Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2478/mcj-2023-0006

S. Haslam, A. Blackman, Tamara Abdel-Jaber, Claire Z. Carey

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The Effect of Brexit on the Management Consulting Industry for UK- and EU-based Firms 英国脱欧对英国和欧盟公司管理咨询业的影响

Management Consulting Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2478/mcj-2023-0004

Morgan McGovern

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Transformational Consulting: Shifting from Consultant-centered Solutions to Client-centered Solutions 转型咨询:从以顾问为中心的解决方案转向以客户为中心的解决方案

Management Consulting Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2478/mcj-2023-0003

Justine Chinoperekweyi

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What Jokes Can Tell: A Top 5 of Ethical Transgressions in Consulting 笑话能告诉我们什么:咨询业五大道德沦丧

Management Consulting Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2478/mcj-2023-0005

Onno Bouwmeester

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The Diagnostic Phase of the Consultancy Cycle 咨询周期的诊断阶段

Management Consulting Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2478/mcj-2023-0002

Xintai Ma

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