What makes consultants tick ?

• Odile HENRY
  Université d'Amiens
  Université de Picardie Jules Verne
  

Summary

Why does one become a consultant ? To get rich and powerful quickly ? Odile Henry says no ; it is because one has not performed as well at school as one had expected, and because one thinks that one will be able to "wipe clean one's school record " by going into consulting. This theory gave rise to a lively debate.

Summary translated from French by Rachel MARLIN.

• The entire article was written by Pascal LEFEBVRE.

To obtain this article, you can :

• download it for free in French (PDF help) or contact ecopar@paris.ensmp.fr (Reference VA070194).