Management consultants... bell-ends?
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then, check this out for further proof:
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larf, i nearly shat.
opps they should have thought of that Yes, in short they are - they're the ones, MBAs in hand, who are responsible for the corporate dumbing down which has been happening in the last 10 years and has crossed the blood/brain barrier from corporations into government. The tools normally applied to producing and marketing goods (manufacturing techniques, deskilling, proceduralisation, mergers, advertising, focus groups etc..) are now being applied to governing the country.
That's why we're all drowning in red tape, procedures, invasive policies, petty unenforcable laws, defocusing from the primacy of individual liberty and onto the collective good of the people as determined by Tony's management consultant and a magic 8-ball
It's aposite to a thread we had going yesterday... www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=12220&f=57&h=0
>> Edited by CarZee on Thursday 20th June 14:23
That's why we're all drowning in red tape, procedures, invasive policies, petty unenforcable laws, defocusing from the primacy of individual liberty and onto the collective good of the people as determined by Tony's management consultant and a magic 8-ball
It's aposite to a thread we had going yesterday... www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=12220&f=57&h=0
>> Edited by CarZee on Thursday 20th June 14:23
G LOADS.. you need wheelbarrows at payday.. 
There are a few occaisions when mgmt consultants are useful, but not many. The real problem lies with the companies who are stupid enough to hire them. It's the perfect way for a manager to get rid of any responsibility for making a decision.
A major problem with consulting firms is that they are virtually pyramid schemes. If you want to become monstrously wealthy, consulting is not an obvious choice because it doesn't scale very will. If you want to double your revenue, you have to double the number of consultants ... which means you double your costs. The only thing to do, is to hire lots of cheap labour, i.e. useless muppets straight out of university, charge them out for much more than they are worth and skim a percentage of their earnings as a bonus. How do they progress in the company? By being allowed to hire more muppets beneath them.
A major problem with consulting firms is that they are virtually pyramid schemes. If you want to become monstrously wealthy, consulting is not an obvious choice because it doesn't scale very will. If you want to double your revenue, you have to double the number of consultants ... which means you double your costs. The only thing to do, is to hire lots of cheap labour, i.e. useless muppets straight out of university, charge them out for much more than they are worth and skim a percentage of their earnings as a bonus. How do they progress in the company? By being allowed to hire more muppets beneath them.
Let me answer some of your questions as I happen to be a managemant consultant (own business though) sorry !
Yes the moneys pretty good Chimaera and M3
Yes the hours our long 5.30 - 9 Pm
Yes you do tell some of the people what they allready know but also some times you add value
No we are not all up our own ar**s
Having said all that most of my works in the drinks industry not the computer lot
Ducks for cover fire proof mac on !!!!!!
Yes the moneys pretty good Chimaera and M3
Yes the hours our long 5.30 - 9 Pm
Yes you do tell some of the people what they allready know but also some times you add value
No we are not all up our own ar**s
Having said all that most of my works in the drinks industry not the computer lot
Ducks for cover fire proof mac on !!!!!!
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Let me answer some of your questions as I happen to be a managemant consultant (own business though) sorry !
Yes the moneys pretty good Chimaera and M3
Yes the hours our long 5.30 - 9 Pm
Yes you do tell some of the people what they allready know but also some times you add value
No we are not all up our own ar**s
Having said all that most of my works in the drinks industry not the computer lot
Ducks for cover fire proof mac on !!!!!!
Got any vacancies??
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A bit bitter ATG???
No, no ... anyway, not a million miles from what i do myself. I've worked for banks that constantly resorted to hiring the big firms and it was always a huge waste of time and money. This was almost always the banks' fault.
I also know a fair few people working at certain accountants-turned-consultants, hired straight from grad/post education. They got more of an indoctrination than training; in any case training is no substitute for experience. They end up learning on the job at the expense of the client and in that situation no one is a winner.
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