Rip-Off! The Scandalous Inside Story of the Management Consulting Money Machine [Paperback]

David Craig (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Original Book Company (April 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1872188060
• ISBN-13: 978-1872188065
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,586,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars it had to be said, June 17, 2005

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manager (london, england) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rip-Off! The Scandalous Inside Story of the Management Consulting Money Machine (Paperback)

Reviewer: A reader from United Kingdom
Wish I'd had this a few years back. Press officers need to be as cynical as the journalists they work with, and working in this role with blue-chip companies there's plenty to be cynical about. I witnessed first hand some of the tactics in Mr Craig's book, particularly the management fads, first hand. I watched as companies' people were faced with, and confused and demotivated by, complete tosh whilst customers were left floundering. I hid, literally, from consultants who said that a company's PR people were its 'most important' and that they would be 'spending lots of time with me' (they say that to all the girls). I was angered most by the management that soaked up this rubbish (the MBAs being the biggest culprits, a subject also covered in 'Rip-off') and accused freethinkers of being negative whilst we tried to keep their businesses going. Where were you when we needed you most Mr Craig?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sadly True, April 1, 2010

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Ahmad Alwajih (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rip-Off! The Scandalous Inside Story of the Management Consulting Money Machine (Paperback)

This is one of the most interesting "inside story" published in a book about the so called Management Consulting / Business Consulting firms. It is an eye opener for the clients who hire such firms/individuals to scrutinise those firms/individuals and make sure they are getting what they are paying for and not just pre-written texts that are now available to anyone with an internet connection and a credit card.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for anyone interested in business or politics, January 25, 2006

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Rupert McGovern (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rip-Off! The Scandalous Inside Story of the Management Consulting Money Machine (Paperback)

Great - I laughed and winced at the same time. It's all too horribly true. Buyers of consultancy are spending shareholders' and taxpayers' money, not their own. They have a duty to make sure that they are getting value from it. Often, they are not. As quoted from the FT, "No company or government department should let a management consultant through the door until they have read this book from cover to cover. Twice."