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The Management Myth: Why the "Experts" Keep Getting It Wrong
Contributor(s): Stewart, Matthew (Author), Hughes, William (Read by)
ISBN: 143329138X     ISBN-13: 9781433291388
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
OUR PRICE:   $90.00  
Product Type: Compact Disc
Published: August 2009
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Annotation: Striking fear into the hearts of clients with his sharp analytical tools, Stewart lived in hotel rooms and got fat on expense account cuisineuntil, finally, he decided to turn the consultants merciless, penetrating eye on the management industry itself.
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Consulting
- Business & Economics | Management - General
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.8" W x 6.2" (0.70 lbs)
 
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Fresh from Oxford with a degree in philosophy and no particular interest in business, Matthew Stewart might not have seemed a likely candidate to become a consultant. Striking fear into the hearts of clients with his sharp analytical tools, Stewart lived in hotel rooms and got fat on expense account cuisine--until, finally, he decided to turn his merciless, penetrating eye on the management industry itself.

Providing a bitingly funny account of his own hands-on experience in a management consulting firm along with a devastating critique of management "philosophy" and the theoretical underpinnings of contemporary fads in efficiency improvement, empowerment, and strategy, Stewart lays bare how little consultants have really done for the business of others--while making a killing for themselves.


Contributor Bio(s): Stewart, Matthew: -

Matthew Stewart is a former management consultant and the author of the acclaimed The Courtier and the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World. He lives with his family in Santa Barbara, California.

Hughes, William: -

William Hughes is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. A professor of political science at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, he received his doctorate in American politics from the University of California at Davis. He has done voice-over work for radio and film and is also an accomplished jazz guitarist.