false 6100832 1 Don’t go to business school. Study philosophy. Fresh from Oxford with a degree in philosophy & no particular interest in business, Matthew Stewart might not have seemed a likely candidate to become a consultant. But soon he was telling veteran managers how to run their companies. Striking fear into the hearts of clients with his sharp analytical tools, Stewart lived in hotel rooms & got fat on expense account cuisine—until, finally, he decided to turn the consultant’s merciless, penetrating eye on the management industry itself. Alongside his devastating critique of management “philosophy” from Frederick Taylor to Tom Peters, Stewart provides a bitingly funny account of his own days in a management consulting firm. Combining hands-on experience with the theoretical underpinnings of contemporary fads in efficiency improvement, empowerment & strategy, Stewart knows his stuff, & thus he lays bare how little consultants have really done for the business of others—while making a killing for themselves. 6278045 10 8 2009 The Management Myth: Management Consulting Past, Present & Largely Bogus total:11|5:1|4:5|3:4|2:1|1:0| 11 39 37 5 4 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 04:11:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 04:19:02 -0700 2009 buy something bogus is understandable. How one can sell something bogus an...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 10:48:34 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 10:59:38 -0700 2009 racket business. Stewart, a PhD philosopher and a former management consultant provides two looks at management via interwoven chapters:

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