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The dramatic growth of the consulting industry in the last 20 years can, in part, be traced to rapid changes in technology that have provoked dramatic changes in the ways companies compete. Consultants provide companies facing such rapidly changing environments with an important means of developing, acquiring, and processing much-needed know-how. Increasingly, consultants have proved to be a vital strategic weapon that companies rely on to improve their competitiven… More >>
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1 Mark Haas // Jul 10, 2010 at 10:50 pm
This is a phenomenally well researched, organized and written book. Covering the foundations of the professional services business, Fombrun and Nevins proceed from the tenets and history of the consulting profession, to the process of consulting, and the operation of the consulting firm, concluding with ethics. It is always interesting that, even though ethics underlies the trusted advisor relationship between consultant and client, it often seems to be an afterthought to books about consulting, as if its function was only as a nice bow with which to wrap the package.
The writing is blessedly forthright, and moves along without a lot of filler that weighs down many books on the consulting profession. Written more like a textbook, it might give the uninitiated the sense that absorbing the book is all one needs to hang out a shingle as a management consultant. However, without some years of experience and a dozen or more engagements, this will not make one an effective consultant. This book is probably best as a refresher or complement to an experienced consultant’s existing knowledge, judgment and technique.
Rating: 5 / 5
2 Kimmie Herbert // Jul 10, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I am very disappointed in this order. This book costs $135 however the printing looks terrible, like it was an international copy. The printing is blurred on the covers and the inside words are sideways on the cover pages. The content looks like a xerox copy. I have yet to read the content but I am very upset about paying $135 for something that must have cost $10 to print!!!
Rating: 2 / 5
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