The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (624 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591397820 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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At times inspiring, at times nearly terrifying, this book is a revealing account of how these iconoclasts and the organizations they led revolutionized the way we think about business, changed the very soul of the corporation, and transformed the way we work.. Businesses made plans, certainly, but without understanding the underlying dynamics of competition, costs, and customers. In The Lords of Strategy, renowned business journalist and editor Walter Kiechel tells, for the first time, the story of the four men who invented corporate strategy as we know it and set in motion the modern, multibillion-dollar consulting industry:Bruce Henderson, founder of Boston Consulting GroupBill Bain, creator of Bain & CompanyFred Gluck, longtime Managing Director of McKinsey & CompanyMichael Porter, Harvard Business School professorProviding a window into how to think about strategy today, Kiechel tells their story with novelistic flair. Remarkably, fifty years ago that's the way it was. It was like trying to design a large-scale engineering project without
If this book had been written 10 years ago, it would have saved me a good deal of trouble making my own career decisions.” RibbonFarmNamed one of 5 Smart Books” on the origins of the strategies SmartMoneyKiechel has done a real servicein bringing his subject to life. The book serves as a primer as well as a history, and as such almost any executive or B-school student would do well to pick it up.” The Conference Board Reviewengaging book” - Strategy + Business. If you are considering, currently in, or recently graduated from, an MBA program, you really must read this book. Kiechel’s The Lords of Strategy’ is a clear, deft and cogent portrait of what the author calls the most powerful busines
A fascinating history of the development of strategic ideas John Gibbs Those who have studied business have probably heard of the Boston Consulting Group Matrix, the McKinsey 7-S Framework, Michael Porter's Value Chain, and various other strategy tools. But where did they all come from, and how did the theory behind them develop? The former managing editor at Fortune Magazine, Walter Kiechel III, explains the history of ideas in . The reason for 4 stars versus 5 is that I am racking my brain to find a lot of useful and applicable information in the book to Robert Kirk There's a select audience for this business book, but anyone who has a interest in the history of business strategy will find this book very interesting. The reason for 4 stars versus 5 is that I am racking my brain to find a lot of useful and applicable information in the book to help me become better at building a strategy. In my MBA class I was looking for . History of Strategy Consulting Brian Egras Let's clarify what The Lords of Strategy is and what it isn't.It is a historical view of the strategy consulting industry as driven by Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Co., and McKinsey& Co. in the US, and eventually worldwide, from 1963 until 2010. Some other consultancies are acknowledged to have existed but with minimal impact on the industry. a look into