Overview
"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) ISBN 0-471-496-197 JOHN WILEY & SONS, LTD Chichester New York Weinheim Brisbane Singapore Toronto"
Full Product Details
Author: Lewis Pinault (Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 6.10cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 9.30cm
Weight: 0.595kg
ISBN: 9780471496199
ISBN 10: 0471496197
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 20 April 2000
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Part of the appeal of this book is not only the insidera s view of the consulting business, but also the effect on the people who work in it. Part of the charm of this book is Pinaulta s writing style. ---- Ambassador, October 2000
Part of the appeal of this book is not only the insider's view of the consulting business, but also the effect on the people who work in it. Part of the charm of this book is Pinault's writing style. -- Ambassador, October 2000
Part of the appeal of this book is not only the insider's view of the consulting business, but also the effect on the people who work in it. Part of the charm of this book is Pinault's writing style. -- Ambassador, October 2000
Author Information
Lewis Pinault spent more than a decade rising through the ranks of management consulting's most esteemed players, including the Boston Consulting Group in the U.S. and Japan, Gemini Consulting throughout Europe and Asia, and Coopers and Lybrand, where he became a Financial Institutions partner in Hong Kong, before leaving it all behind to pursue his first passion- International Space Law and Planetary Geosciences-at the University of Hawaii where he now works with both NASA and the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs.
