Nonprofit hospitals spend billions on consultants with no clear effect
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Nonprofit hospitals spend billions on consultants with no clear effect
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Re: Nonprofit hospitals spend billions on consultants with no clear effect
#2There is a very clear effect, the bureaucrats can distance themselves from any unpopular policies or decisions and blame the consultants.
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Re: Nonprofit hospitals spend billions on consultants with no clear effect
#4There is a very clear effect, the bureaucrats can distance themselves from any unpopular policies or decisions and blame the consultants.
tedious cliche. these types of consultants arent advising on high level f500 decisions.
Re: Nonprofit hospitals spend billions on consultants with no clear effect
#5There is a very clear effect, the bureaucrats can distance themselves from any unpopular policies or decisions and blame the consultants.
tedious cliche. these types of consultants arent advising on high level f500 decisions.
What do management consultants do?
Afaik, their job is to give management the cover managment thinks it needs to do the things it wants to do or thinks it needs to do.
The article claims the study says the billions spent on management consultants didn't move any metrics significantly, other than a small negative change for stroke readmissions.
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#6Good to know I'm qualified. I am confident I can make no measurable difference.
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#7Can't access the paper, but I'm curious how they measured statistical significance. I wonder how much to interpret the result as "we didn't measure any effect" (which is a largely meaningless conclusion) versus "no effect exists." The latter wouldn't be a rigorous statement, but it seems to be the conclusion we are being led towards.
Re: Nonprofit hospitals spend billions on consultants with no clear effect
#8There's no such thing as a nonprofit. It's really just a question of whether or not the money goes to the shareholders or the management.
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#9Good to know I'm qualified. I am confident I can make no measurable difference.
In fact, I’m prepared to make no difference 80% faster and 50% cheaper.
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#10Not to be glib, but is there any industry where management consultants have been shown to make a statistically significant difference either way?