At 12:41 PM 7/18/97 GMT, you wrote:
>continue...
>Part of problem is consuling firms are for hire, there is a crude
>expression that fits them, but not suitable for a public forum, and try
>their darnest to come up with the conclusion the they were hired to
>justify.
>  Having said that, a case to the contrary was Motor World an park/museum
>just outside of Flint Michigan.  The consulting group said there would
>never be enough traffic to support the park-and they were right!  Of
>course they worked for General Motors, which was looking an excuse not to
>be take part.
>
       ... having done a feasibility study or two, this last is too cynical
to escape comment.  You seem to be saying that consulting firms all lack
integrity and simply tell the client what they want to hear.  When they do
tell the truth, they must have another agenda.  This is simply not true as a
blanket statement.   It is unfair and unprofessional to defame such a large
group of people so glibly.  If you do consulting work and give people false
assurances and false hopes, you don't stay in business very long. The
marketplace is an effective corrective.  When projects fail there are many
reasons.
        Auto World (not Motor World) was not outside Flint, but in the heart
of downtown Flint, a challenging environment in which to establish a family
vacation spot to say the least.  It actually wasn't bad as such things go
and my children enjoyed it.


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