Bashers find gold in woes of Big Blue

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IBM watchers Mark Stahlman, president of New Media Associates, and Charles Ferguson, a Cambridge, MA-based consultant, both correctly foresaw the woes that has plagued what used to be the epitome of good business management. Stahlman wrote an article for the Harvard Business Review in Dec 1992 entitled 'Why I.B.M. Failed.' The article was pulled out at the last minute, triggering suspicions that IBM exerted influence over the publication. Ferguson has completed a book on the post-IBM world and an open letter to IBM's board calling for the resignation of IBM's chairman, president and most of the directors. Both IBM critics contend that the main reason for the company's failure is that it had become a traditional bureaucratic corporation. IBM, both say, has failed to recognize the need to revise its focus and its organization.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ferguson, Charles, Management Style, Analysis, Critique, Stahlman, Mark

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I.B.M. announces unit in business consulting

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IBM announces that is is starting the IBM Consulting Group, a worldwide company that staffs 1,500 people and offers general technical and business consulting services. The group is made up of consulting experts, IBM technical wizards and accounting executives. The company is already working with about 150 clients in banking, financial services, health care, consumer goods and other industries. Analysts estimate that the company make take in $250 million in revenues annually. More than 80 percent of the consulting group's business comes from sales-force referrals.

IBM, Business planning, Consultants, Consultants (Persons), New Company, Market Entry, IBM Global Services. IBM Consulting Group

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