Consulting Demons: Inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting - Rilegato

Pinault, Lewis

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0471496197 ISBN 13: 9780471496199

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000

Riassunto

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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McKrull & Company
Lewis Pinault, der Autor dieses Buches, wollte nie Unternehmensberater werden. Er wurde es trotzdem und brachte es in dieser Zeit bis zum Partner einer führenden Beraturngsfirma in Hongkong. Pinaults Karriere und seiner Fähigkeit zur Selbstreflexion verdanken wir einen spannenden Insider-Report aus der Beratungsbranche. In rund 20 Szenebildern schildert Pinault seinen Aufstieg und dessen jähes Ende. Eine Autobiografie, die sich über weite Stecken liest wie eine moderne Fassung des Hochstaplermärchens "Felix Krull".
... Stilsicher schildert Pinault typische Szenen aus dem Berateralltag: Dienstbesprechungen, Kundenpräsentationen, Barbesuche im Kollegenkreis, Versagen im Privatleben (Pinault bringt es auf zwei gescheiterte Ehen). Diese Passagen werden umrahmt von sachlichen Abhandlungen über den Wandel der Consulting-Branche in den Jahren 1982-1997 und von Handlungsanweisungen für eine erfolgreiche Beratungstätigkeit.
Den Wechsel zwischen seinen drei Erzählformen - amüsante Anekdote, präzise Analyse, konkreter Lehrsatz - beherrscht Pinault perfekt. Sollte diese Fähigkeit womöglich seinen Erfolg als Unternehmensberater ausgemacht haben?
Fazit: Ein mit schwarzem Humor gewürzter Blick hinter die Kulissen der Consulting-Industrie. Eine spannende Lektüre für jeden, der beruflich mit Beratern zu tun hat oder in dieser Branche arbeiten möchte.
Manager Magazin 05/2001, S. 260
"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

L'autore

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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471496197
• ISBN 13: 9780471496199
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile