Consulting Demons: Inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting - Couverture souple

Pinault, Lewis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 006661998X ISBN 13 : 9780066619989

Editeur : Harper Business, 2001

Synopsis

In this gripping and colorful account of the American dream gone astray, Lewis Pinault provides the essential guidelines on how to get ahead and an enlightening perspective on the brutal infighting that can engulf even the most civilized consulting firm. This stunning expose of some of the most prestigious and respected names in the business leads you into a world where a client's interests are skillfully subordinated to those of the consultants, where money rules the day, and where principles and morals are unwelcome baggage.Humorous and insightful, this no-holds-barred account takes you behind the scenes of the dehumanizing indoctrination of an academic intellectual into an exploitative -- and exploited -- ""global transformation contractor."" Featuring new material dealing with the e-consulting industry's boom, bust, and its future, ""Consulting Demons"" offers the most complete look at an industry that exacts the highest prices for the most questionable standards of success.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

CONSULTING DEMONS

Inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting

"What is a Management Consultant?" the prized MBA candidate asked.

"The best of us – and that could be you – know without ever needing to ask. We′re a breed apart," the consultant observed, arrogance and irony in perfect balance.

"Okay, so that could be me, but what does that mean?" the MBA persisted.

"Of course there′s money involved," the consultant offered. "Great deals of money. World travel, first–class living. A chance to influence every corporation on the planet. Virtually no limits to whatever secrets and appetites you feel you need to indulge".

"Yes, but what is it that we do?" the recruit tried one last time, his doubts rapidly evaporating.

"You′ll see"

In this book Lewis Pinault takes a humorous and insightful look at the world of management consultants in this no–holds–barred view of the business.

· For aspiring consultants, this is an unvarnished look at the life of a consultant, with essential, darkly revealing guidelines on how to get ahead and an enlightening perspective on the brutal infighting that can engulf even the most civilized consulting firm.

· For current executives and potential clients, Pinault reveals what consultants are really thinking and scheming, and explores the unscrupulous lengths to which a consulting firm will go in order to protect and increase its own lucrative fees.

· For the general reader, this is a rollicking yarn brimming with vignettes drawn from a consultant′s daily work, including such characteristic consulting activities as "benchmarking" (deep–cover corporate espionage), "business transformation" (mass brainwashing), and "client entertainment" (global debauchery)

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Biographie de l'auteur :

Lewis Pinault is vice president of consumer industries at one of the world's leading computer services and outsourcing firms, and he is a research practitioner with the Imagination Lab Foundation established by the LEGO Group. Consulting Demons, Pinault's notorious firsthand, partner-level account of the too-often unscrupulous workings of the consulting industry, led to his intensive exploration and development of new and better means of client engagement and consumer understanding. An MIT graduate, Juris Doctor, Fulbright Scholar and NASA Space Grant Fellow, Pinault combines a unique mix of science and policy perception in developing his exceptional "fun with a purpose" perspective on consumers, play and technology. He lives in London.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Business
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 006661998X
• ISBN 13: 9780066619989
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 324