Is "consulting" pure flame?
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Date: January 14th, 2017 11:06 AM Author: greedy hospital prole
this is the so-called management consulting?
you have IT consultants and political consultants, among others, that are hired for their knowledge of arcane systems, but what you're describing sounds a bit different.
maybe we should have separate words for these two jobs. one for people who compile information and communicate them to departments that don't talk to each other and another for people who have specialized knowledge.
if it's all considered "consulting," the term isn't very meaningful
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Date: January 14th, 2017 10:50 AM Author: laughsome heaven
varies HUGELY.
like some tech consulting guys are legit eg that patio11 guy
OTOH management consulting is largely flame.
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Date: January 15th, 2017 6:04 PM Author: 180 abode party of the first part
Flame in that they're a form of variable capital to the client firm. Useful in unexpected situations, because they have a niche skill set - but an unsupportable cost burden in ideal circumstances.
Probably more flame than biglaw but with a similar threshold of absurdity.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32379822)
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Date: January 15th, 2017 6:24 PM Author: stirring spot
Booz built up a great practice and then sold out to PwC. PwC had its own TTT consulting "advisory" practice that it wanted to integrate a la the successful Deloitte-Monitor acquisition.
Unfortunately, PwC brought a once great firm down to the level of PwC, unlike the Deloitte merger, which brought S&O closer to the standard of Monitor. The writing was on the wall and PwC has been bribing partners and other people vital to the practice to stay.
The lulziest part of all of this is that during this time, a rogue group of partners at Bain went shopping for a buyout and were in talks with AccenTTTure of all places. Holy shit would that have been a show.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32379920) |
Date: January 16th, 2017 12:55 PM Author: overrated forum
if you gave me sufficient incentive, i could add tremendous value in pretty much any organization or w/e. but typical consulting = get clubbable princeton bozos who have never had an original thought in their lives to spout the latest jargon so that the CEO has cover to take out some political opponents.
so yes, consulting has value, in the same way that a good sniping blind does.
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Date: January 16th, 2017 2:45 PM Author: stirring spot
Justifying a decision the CEO has already made is mostly McKinsey's wheelhouse. Other firms don't tend to do this:
McK: CEO wants to stake his career on a risky move
BCG: CEO wants to come up with an off-the-wall suggestion
Bain: CEO wants to acquire
Big4 consulting: CEO wants to make a move that there is a pre-established playbook for, and wants Big4 firm to run the playbook
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32385302) |
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