What I Didn't Learn in Business School: How Strategy Works in the Real World Hardcover – Illustrated, 12 Oct. 2010

The entire experience of buying this book from Amazon was pleasing. Finding the book and ordering it was convenient. The book was delivered prior to the time (this is an Amazon USP), which was also great.The book itself is a good read for people trying to learn about strategy but cannot understand the heavy doses that academic tomes convey. It is a narrative of a newby consultant and his experiences in the world of consulting and provides useful insights into the theory and actual practice of strategy

I love novelised management books. Love them. This one is a little cracker. Young person, new job, out on assignment, tricky customers, new technology, doing research, crunching numbers ... sounds ... tedious. But it was really good. It was about that gap between education and application.I would recommend this book to any young professional or people who work with them and watch them go into shock when working life is not like the books. The transition is hard. It can feel hurtful and personal. But, old so-and-sos like me (in engineering, not management consulting in my case) are not trying to slay young upstarts but rather help them develop into the great professionals that they can be.I got a lot from this book - much of it reflecting upon the secondary characters rather than the main one. My only complaint is that the main character seemed more naive than I think a fresh MBA would really be and his new firm not as supportive as I think a firm would really be. Then again, that's an important part of the story.

Really interesting and engaging read. It brings the subject to life in a way that most textbooks fail to achieve. Draws some clever links between topics.