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Pulsating with action from the first page to the last, Dangerous Company: Misadventures of a “Foreign Agent” is a memoir that reads like a thriller. Sam Patten left US politics behind when he went overseas to promote democracy during George W. Bush's first administration.
Aug 5, 1997 · In the first detailed examination of this incredibly influential industry, Dangerous Company: The Inside Story of the Great Consulting Companies, journalists James O'Shea and Charles Madigan offer a cautionary tale.
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Dangerous Company: The Consulting Powerhouses and the Businesses They Save and Ruin is a book written by James O'Shea and Charles Madigan. It is one of several business books critical of the functioning and importance of the management consulting (strategy consulting) industry.
Dangerous Company is one of these "consultants-are-bad-for-your-company's-health" books that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The authors describe various consulting houses and a bunch of failed projects that made it to the public.
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- James O'Shea, Charles Madigan
Pulsating with action from the first page to the last, Dangerous Company: Misadventures of a “Foreign Agent” is a memoir that reads like a thriller. Sam Patten left US politics behind when he went overseas to promote democracy during George W. Bush's first administration.
Read how one Fortune 500 company spent over $75 million on consultants only to find itself facing bankruptcy, while Sears' clever, and limited, use of consultants saved itself from the jaws of financial ruin.
- Charles Madigan, James O'Shea
Aug 1, 1997 · DANGEROUS COMPANY. THE CONSULTING POWERHOUSES AND THE BUSINESSES THEY SAVE AND RUIN. by James O'Shea & Charles Madigan ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 1, 1997. A look into the insular and highly confidential world of consulting firms like Bain & Co., Andersen Consulting, McKinsey & Co., and Deloitte & Touche.
