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| Author: | Pinnington, A. Morris, T. |
| Title: | Archetype Change in Professional Organizations: Survey Evidence from Large Law Firms |
| Journal: | British Journal of Management
2003 : MAR, VOL. 14:1, p. 85-99 |
| Index terms: | ORGANIZATIONS SURVEYS LAW COMPANIES LARGE BUSINESSES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the proposition that the traditional archetype of the professional partnership is said to have changed into a more 'business-like' entity, the managed professional business. It broadens the restricted case sample base on which much of the evidence has been adduced, by developing a survey questionnaire through which 197 large British law firms were sampled. Change, consistent with the notion of a more commercially oriented and consciously managed organization, is concentrated in the market-facing area of the firm but coexists with areas of continuity in the governance of the firm and its strategic management. The findings reveal a more managerial form of organization in which the core elements of the traditional form of professional organization have not been transformed. |
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