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The Lords Of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History Of The New Corporate World (2010)

by Walter Kiechel III(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1591397820 (ISBN13: 9781591397823)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Harvard Business Press

review 1: This book reviews the relatively new business concept of scientific based management strategy or *taylorism. In reviewing the phenomenon of big business consulting, the book reviews how some of the biggest businesses of today went global from more humble beginnings. Big business consulting, such as the firms Bain Capital and the Boston Group are reviewed in their implementation of management consulting upon businesses in growth markets.Esoterics aside, if you've ever wondered why big corporate often has a ubiquitous cult-like psychology; or how medium sized businesses became so large that they are global brands, then this is the book for you to read. The book only details these functions; it does not critique them from the perspective of a humanist, small business, or fair... more-trade philosophy. This is what zero sum domination looks like from the shoulders of giants.
review 2: Before this I did not have much exposure to strategy so therefore did not know much about the history of strategy. This book coherently outlined the history of some of the biggest players from McKinsey to Bain Capital. Depending on your background there are many different ways you can interpret this book. Because of my entrepreneurial background I connected all the strategies and insight to starting and running my business. Before this book it felt as if I was slowly sipping from a water fountain of knowledge by reading related business books but during my reading of this book, it was as if someone turned on the firehouse of knowledge. Overall it was a very good book with great insights on the evolution of strategy and its importance in business. less

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