Booz Allen Hamilton: An insider guide - Gymkhana

For Your ReferenceFor Further StudyBooz Allen employees recommend the following books for prospective hires:1. The Advice Business, by Charles Fombrun and Mark D. Nevins (PearsonEducation, 2003).2. Marketing and the Bottom Line, by Tim Ambler (Financial Times/PrenticeHall; 2nd edition, 2004).3. Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry Innovation, byAnnabelle Gawer and Michael A. Cusumano (Harvard Business SchoolPress; 1st edition, 2002).The Human Factor: Leadership in the E-economyRolf Habbel (Uberreuter Wirtschaft, 2001).“If the company’s executives do not manage to convince the employees thatthe enterprise is going in the right direction, that it will last, that it must beinnovative in order to win its future, and that it actually depends on its customersto survive, the company has no chance of being successful in the longterm,” writes Booz Allen Vice President Rolf Habbel in the preface to hisbook. Unless you read German, you may not be able to actually read this book,but you might want to be familiar with the message of its author, Habbel, aMunich-based partner at Booz Allen. “This book tries to elaborate and demonstratethat man—often overlooked as a ‘small wheel’ in the greatness of newmanagement methods and concepts—is more and more critical to beingsuccessful in this change,” Habbel writes. His message is that even though wemay be armed with the best ideas and most advanced technology tools, thebiggest barrier to the successful implementation of change is that we too oftenignore the “the human factor.” For more, visit www.boozallen.com.82