User talk:CorporateM/workspace/McKinsey History

History

I have attached a draft history section at: <insert> for further discussion and improvement. My intention isn't to request immediate implementation, but just to provide a dump of information to make the section more complete and specific. I find that reliable sources have extreme POVs on McKinsey (both positive and negative) and relied heavily on three fairly comprehensive sources: a negative one, a neutral/academic one, and a positive one among others. I'm happy to help out wherever asked to show where information is in an article, provide context, etc.

There are several discussion points top of mind:

1. Although there are several reliable sources calling McKinsey the "father of," I still agree with BusterD's assessment that this is fluffy language and have replaced it
2. I've contributed a good chunk of information on Gupta's tenure, though this is about his contributions as managing director and not particularly controversial
3. I am not sure how to handle an article like this, which documents a petty legal dispute, but seems to suggest sinister behavior, without anything specific to report.
4. Vast amounts of the content here could be restructured under various sections. For example, the history of when various committees were formed could go under Organization eventually or a new section on Leadership could go through all the managing directors.
5. The current draft documents successes and failures. For example, it includes early disagreements between partners that led to a company split, losing a major steel client and getting hit by the dot-com bust. It even includes the somewhat quirky background about Bower and dress code.
6. However, I'm not sure if we're suppose to paraphrase major controversies in the History section?? I know they are also suppose to eventually get summarized in the lead.
7. I am still looking for ways to build out the Recent History section

InfoBox

McKinsey & Company

Company type	Incorporated Partnership
Industry	Management consulting
Founded	1926
Founder	James O. McKinsey and Marvin Bower
Number of locations	about 100 offices in 50 countries
Key people	Dominic Barton (Managing director) Ron Daniel (Managing Director Emeritus) Fred Gluck (Managing Director Emeritus) Rajat Gupta (Former Managing Director) Ian Davis (Managing Director Emeritus)
Services	Management consulting services
Revenue	$ 7 billion (est. 2010)
AUM	over $ 5 billion (MIO Partners)
Number of employees	17,000 (9,000 consultants)
Website	www.mckinsey.com

If we're taking the article top-to-bottom, the true top of the article is the infobox! As a small, tactical matter, I would like to update the infobox to "about 100" offices in 50 countries, rather than "over 100" in 45 countries. (see from our Offices discussion)

According to the extensive article I've been reading, McKinsey's leaders were called "Managing Partner" until 1956. When the firm incorporated they were called "Managing Director." I believe their titles should be "Managing Director Emeritus" rather than "Senior Partner." Senior partners are elected to the role of managing director. Gupta presents an exception. Since McKinsey has broken their ties[1] it's probably not accurate to call him "emeritus" rather than "former." My2011 will know the context here.

The updated infobox would look like this. User:King4057 15:23, 30 May 2012 (UTC)