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Zusatztext While most lawyers admire sound organisation, they regard the discipline of management with considerable mistrust. These management sceptics would do better to immerse themselves in a different book Managing the Modern Law Firm, edited by Laura Empson... This is a rich and stimulating blend of practical insight, scholarly analysis, historical narrative, and solid empirical research, written by an impressive array of leading experts. Informationen zum Autor Laura Empson is Professor in the Management of Professional Services Firms at Cass Business School, City of London, and was previously Director of the Clifford Chance Centre at Said Business School, University of Oxford. Her research has focused on a wide range of issues in accounting, consulting and law firms, including the organizational implications of strategic change, managing the post-merger integration process, overcoming impediments to knowledge-sharing among professionals, changing organizational and professional identities, and the governance of professional service firms. Prior to becoming an academic, Laura Empson worked for several years as an investment banker and strategy consultant and continues to act as a consultant to professional service firms. She has a PhD and MBA from London Business School. Klappentext Featuring contributions from both legal practitioners and management researchers, Managing the Modern Law Firm seeks to present the latest insights from Management Studies in an approachable, practical, and relevant manner for lawyers involved directly and indirectly with the management of law firms. Zusammenfassung Law firms face unique organizational, managerial, and business issues, such as the role of partners, new practice development, payment systems, the value of legal knowledge, career development, and competitive advantage. This book investigates these particular challenges and is ideal for anybody researching or managing professional service firms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue 1: Laura Empson and Stuart Popham: Introduction and Overview 2: Laura Empson: Your Partnership: Surviving and Thriving in a Changing World: The Special Nature of Partnership 3: David Wilkins: Your People: Valuing Diversity: Some Cautionary Tales from the American Experience 4: Heidi Gardner, Tim Morris, and N. Anand: Your Expertise: Developing New Practices: Recipes for Success 5: Brian Uzzi, Ryon Lancaster, and Shannon Dunlap: Your Client Relationships and Reputation: Weighing the Worth of Social Ties: Embeddedness and the Price of Legal Services in the Large Law Firm Market 6: Huseyin Leblebici: Your Income: Determining the Value of Legal Knowledge: Billing and Compensation Practices in Law Firms 7: Stephen Mayson: Your Capital: Building Sustainable Value: A Capital Idea 8: Peter D. Sherer: Your Competitors: Mapping the Competitive Space of Large US Law Firms: A Strategic Group Perspective 9: Royston Greenwood: Your Ethics: Redefining Professionalism? The Impact of Management Change 10: Tony Angel: Your Challenge: Sustaining Partnership in the 21st Century: The Global Law Firm Experience ...
