| The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business Contributor(s): McDonald, Duff (Author), Weiner, Tom (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1482924919 ISBN-13: 9781482924916 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Consulting |
| Dewey: 338.761 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 5.7" (0.55 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A behind-the-scenes, revelatory history of McKinsey & Company, America's most influential and controversial business consulting firm, told by one of the nation's leading financial journalists Founded in 1926, McKinsey & Company has become one of the world's leading management consulting firms, helping to invent American business and shaping its course for decades. Ushering in the age of American industrial dominance, McKinsey remapped the power structure in the White House, helped create the bar code, revolutionized business schools, and introduced the idea of budgeting as a management tool. McKinsey consultants have created the corporate behaviors that shaped our world--reinventing our idea of American capitalism and exporting it across the globe. At the same time, however, McKinsey can also be associated with a list of striking failures. Its consultants were on the scene when General Motors drove itself into the ground, and they played a critical role in building the bomb known as Enron. Yet they are rarely blamed for the failures--at least not publicly.McKinsey employees are trusted and distrusted, loved and despised. And far from prying eyes, they are doing behind-the-scenes work for the most powerful people in the world. In The Firm, star financial journalist Duff McDonald uncovers how these high-powered, high-priced business savants have ushered in waves of structural, financial, and technological shifts to the biggest and best American organizations. With unrivaled access to company documents and current and former employees, McDonald reveals the inner workings of what just might be the most influential private organization in America. |
Contributor Bio(s): McDonald, Duff: - Duff McDonald is a contributor to Fortune and the New York Observer and has also written for Vanity Fair, New York, Esquire, GQ, Wired, and Conde Nast Portfolio, among other publications. Weiner, Tom: -Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is an Earphones Award winner and Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. |