Att förstå rådgivning till småföretagare
(1997)- Abstract
- "Att förstå rådgivning till småföretagare" is a study concerning aspects on advising small-firm managers. The strategy is to penetrate different aspects of the advisory fundtion in order to understand it better.
Three distinct aspects have been chosen. On a basis of the consulting literature and the author´s own experience as an advisor to small firms a normative/pragmatic perspective on advising is presented in a critical way. A picture of the advice-needing client and the professional consultant is painted and questioned. The second aspect is through narrative, based on interviews with small-firm managers. Their stories are interpreted in order to uncover hidden meanings in their concept of advising. With the help of... (More) - "Att förstå rådgivning till småföretagare" is a study concerning aspects on advising small-firm managers. The strategy is to penetrate different aspects of the advisory fundtion in order to understand it better.
Three distinct aspects have been chosen. On a basis of the consulting literature and the author´s own experience as an advisor to small firms a normative/pragmatic perspective on advising is presented in a critical way. A picture of the advice-needing client and the professional consultant is painted and questioned. The second aspect is through narrative, based on interviews with small-firm managers. Their stories are interpreted in order to uncover hidden meanings in their concept of advising. With the help of the concept of client identities the small-firm managers´paradoxically low demand on consulting services can be resolved. In the third and last aspect a few advisory events are viewed through the lens of the micropractices of power. Here power and knowledge are seen as inseparable based on some of Foucault´s works. Interpretation of the advisory events shows how small-firm managers are clientified in power relations.
In the study finally is shown how the three aspects can be used together to gain a fuller understanding of advising small-firm managers than any single aspect can do. A new view of advising is suggested in which the degree of asymmetry in the relations and of ambiguity in the advising situation are taken into consideration. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Anders W LU
- supervisor
- opponent
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- Prof. Berg, Per Olof, Institut for Ledelse, Politik og Filosofi, Blågårdsg. 23B, 2200 Köpenhamn N, Danmark
- organization
- alternative title
- To Understand Advising the Managers of Small Firms
- publishing date
- 1997
- type
- Thesis
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Power., Narrative, Management Literature, Small Firms, Extension Services, Consulting, Advisory Services, Management of enterprises, Företagsledning, management
- pages
- 320 pages
- publisher
- Academia adacta
- defense location
- Crafoordsalen, Ekonomicentrum.
- defense date
- 1997-10-22 10:15:00
- external identifiers
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- other:ISRN: LUSADG/SAEK--97/1036--SE
- ISBN
- 91-972763-8-3
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 675ee171-d4a8-4946-a204-116319957aa3 (old id 18118)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 10:41:02
- date last changed
- 2018-11-21 21:00:11
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abstract = {{"Att förstå rådgivning till småföretagare" is a study concerning aspects on advising small-firm managers. The strategy is to penetrate different aspects of the advisory fundtion in order to understand it better.<br/><br>
<br/><br>
Three distinct aspects have been chosen. On a basis of the consulting literature and the author´s own experience as an advisor to small firms a normative/pragmatic perspective on advising is presented in a critical way. A picture of the advice-needing client and the professional consultant is painted and questioned. The second aspect is through narrative, based on interviews with small-firm managers. Their stories are interpreted in order to uncover hidden meanings in their concept of advising. With the help of the concept of client identities the small-firm managers´paradoxically low demand on consulting services can be resolved. In the third and last aspect a few advisory events are viewed through the lens of the micropractices of power. Here power and knowledge are seen as inseparable based on some of Foucault´s works. Interpretation of the advisory events shows how small-firm managers are clientified in power relations.<br/><br>
<br/><br>
In the study finally is shown how the three aspects can be used together to gain a fuller understanding of advising small-firm managers than any single aspect can do. A new view of advising is suggested in which the degree of asymmetry in the relations and of ambiguity in the advising situation are taken into consideration.}},
author = {{Johansson, Anders W}},
isbn = {{91-972763-8-3}},
keywords = {{Power.; Narrative; Management Literature; Small Firms; Extension Services; Consulting; Advisory Services; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management}},
language = {{swe}},
publisher = {{Academia adacta}},
school = {{Lund University}},
title = {{Att förstå rådgivning till småföretagare}},
year = {{1997}},
}