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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 658 EAN: 9780446696388 ISBN: 0446696382 Label: Business Plus Manufacturer: Business Plus Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: March 08, 2006 Publisher: Business Plus Studio: Business Plus Features:
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 Rating:  - If you are a top-tier consultant, you'll love this book ... if not you can learn what they REALLY think about you!A little bit wild, a little bit wacky and witty, Martin Kihn comes out of consultant hiding to give us his version of the business book of the year. Just what is a 'management consultant' and what do they actually do to earn those purported six figure incomes? The author tells all, even if it hurts (others that is), in this candid and sometimes downright silly tale about one of the most lucrative and secretive professions on the face of the planet. Kihn blabs and takes jabs at not only himself, ... Read More Rating:  - Doesn't live up to the subtitleI must admit that, probably like many others, I was attracted by the subtitle, "How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time". However, the book doesn't even come close to meeting this. It turns out to be a "biography" of the author's two years of (rather bland) experience in (too much) detail. Overall disappointing, and I wish I had read something more beneficial. I do admit that there are some interesting paragraphs, but overall, nothing that is new and ... Read More Rating: - Consider the one star reviews seriouslyIt's amazing the shared experience I have with the one to two star reviewers. They said everything I'd want care to point out. Last I heard the author is actually writing for one of those 'hip' American business magazines. I wrote this just to say : To 'The Economists' shame, they gave this book a glowing review. Rating:  - Why is this child so unhappy?Ultimately - and this is why the book fails - you just don't care. You don't care about the author in real life - he wanders through the pages without a life. You don't care about the persona - he wanders through the pages without a life. How can one man be TWO schlemiehls? Not even this wondrous puzzle is enough to rescue the book. And that's a pity. "Marty" (he never grows up) is bright without being smart, verbal without being...well...interesting. He has experiences that could ... Read More Rating: - Sour GrapesThe author is a very skilled writer and also demonstrates a sense of humor. However, his limited engagement experiences combined with obviously pre-conceived notions about the profession taint his story and undermine his argument that the industry is filled with cheats and liars. He also fails to adequately address the trend of consolidation in business and other factors giving rise to the consulting industry, and how the industry has become a very real cost of doing business for America's Fortune 500. ... Read More 
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