A. T. Kearney

Infobox_Company
company_type = Private
company_name = A.T. Kearney
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = "Ideas That Last."
foundation = 1926
location = Chicago, United States
key_people = Paul A. Laudicina, Managing Officer and Chairman of the Board
num_employees = 2450
revenue = $798 million in 2005
industry = Management consulting
products = Management consulting services
homepage = [http://www.atkearney.com/ www.atkearney.com]

A.T. Kearney is a global management consulting firm, focusing on strategic and operational CEO-agenda concerns. The stated mission of A.T. Kearney is to help the world’s leading corporations gain and sustain competitive advantage, and achieve profound, tangible results. Its slogan is: Ideas that last.

The firm operated within the United States until 1964 when it opened its first international office in Düsseldorf. A.T. Kearney now has 48 offices located in major business centres in 32 countries.

History

A.T. Kearney began as a branch of McKinsey & Company. Andrew Thomas Kearney joined James O. McKinsey's firm 3 years after it was founded in 1926. Tom Kearney was McKinsey's first partner and head of its first office in Chicago. At the time, McKinsey & Company was one of the only firms that focused on management consulting for top level executives rather than specialized consulting in areas such as accounting or law.

In 1937 James "Mac" McKinsey died unexpectedly at the age of 48 due to pneumonia. While the company continued to operate as before, Tom Kearney and the remaining partners disagreed over how to run the firm. In 1939, the company was split. A.T. Kearney continued to operate the Chicago office, renaming the firm McKinsey and Kearney. Marvin Bower, the head of the New York office, continued the practice in New York and retained the rights to the name McKinsey & Company in all areas other than the Midwest. In 1947, Bower purchased the exclusive rights to the name McKinsey & Company from Tom Kearney, who renamed his firm A.T. Kearney & Associates.

The firm operated within the United States until 1964 when it opened its first international office in Düsseldorf.

In 1995 A. T. Kearny joined hands with EDS, a large technology consulting firm [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DC103FF932A05756C0A963958260 E.D.S. Resumes Purchase Talks With Kearney - New York Times ] ] . Around the same time, several A.T. Kearney partners and consultants, led by Tom Steiner, left the firm to start the Mitchell Madison Group. [ [http://www1.iwon.com/home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,73,00.html] ]

In 2005, EDS CEO, Michael Jordan, confirmed rumors that EDS was seeking to sell A.T. Kearney back to its management team. The transaction was completed in January 2006. [ [http://www.eds.com/news/news.aspx?news_id=2808 EDS Concludes Sale of A.T. Kearney | eds.com ] ] . More than 170 A.T. Kearney officers from 26 countries participated in the transaction as investors (90% of those invited to participate did so).

Practice Areas

A.T. Kearney's industry specialties include Automotive, Communications, Consumer & Retail, Financial Institutions, Government, High Tech & Electronics, Pharma & Health Care, and Energy & Utilities. Major competency teams include Supply Chain Management, Growth Strategies, Mergers, Innovation & Complexity, IT Strategies, and Transformation.

To meet the increasing demand from environmentally conscious and socially responsible clients, A.T. Kearney has introduced a sustainability service, which consists of an expert group focused on developing corporate sustainability strategies and optimizing green product portfolios, to assist clients in developing sustainable value chains and networks.

With a strong practice in procurements, A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions accelerates and streamlines the sourcing and supply management process through spend reduction and category procurement solutions, leading-edge eBreviate sourcing technology, product lifecycle sourcing capabilities and market-driven templates and insights. [ [http://www.atkearney.com/main.taf?p=3,12 Procurement Solutions Group ] ]

Customers

Clients include 70 percent of the Fortune 1000, governments and other non-profit institutions. A.T. Kearney is also active in the community and performs pro bono engagements for charitable organizations and government agencies worldwide.

Competitors

A.T. Kearney's top competitors include white shoe firms McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, Booz & Company, Monitor Group, and the Boston Consulting Group.

Publications

A.T. Kearney, along with "Foreign Policy" magazine, publishes the annual Globalization Index. A.T. Kearney also publishes Executive Agenda, a print and online journal which offers articles on current leadership, management, market and research issues written by A.T. Kearney consultants. In addition, the company publishes Business issue papers and A.T Kearney consultants have authored and contributed to articles in publications such as Harvard Business Review, Strategy & Leadership and Supply Chain Management Review.

The A.T. Kearney Real Estate Opportunity Index 2008 examines 50 developing countries. [ [http://www.gowarsaw.eu/en/news/at-kearney-expects-real-estate-boom-in-poland AT Kearney expects real estate boom in Poland | News - GOwarsaw.eu - Warsaw Guide. Plan your trip and stay, find best hotels, events and more ] ]

A.T. Kearney consultants have published several business books, including the recent "World Out of Balance" written by the Chairman of the Board and Managing Officer, Paul A. Laudicina. Other publications include:

"After the Merger", which provides a blueprint on how to effect post merger integration, introducing Seven Rules for Successful Post-Merger Integration. Max M. Habeck, Fritz Kröger and Michael R. Tram have reflected on their merger lessons learned over the years as A.T. Kearney consultants.

"Winning the Profit Game", where the authors Michael R. Reopel, Jeanne-May Sun, Robert G. Docters and Stephen M. Tanny make a case for the link between price and brand and their role as the fundamental tools for growing the top line.

"Stretch! How Great Companies Grow In Good Times and Bad". Based on in-depth case studies of some 29 000 companies, combining data, ideas and practical guidance, the authors, Graeme K. Deans and Fritz Kröger, argue that extraordinary growth is possible by all companies, in any industry and phase of the market cycle.

"Rebuilding the Corporate Genome: Unlocking the Real Value of Your Business", where Johan C. Aurik, Gillis J. Jonk and Robert E. Willen talk about how the plummeting interaction costs makes it easier for individual parts of companies to break, possibly causing the breakdown of the corporation.

Recruiting

A.T. Kearney primarily recruits from the top US and international universities [http://www.topmba.com/mbanews/article/at_kearney-2/] . Undergraduates join the firm as "Business Analysts" and MBAs join the firm as "Associates." Like the other top management consulting firms, A.T. Kearney has a very rigorous recruiting process. There are typically two rounds of interviews that involve case interviews, personality or fit interviews, and a mock presentation. A candidate interviews with 6 or so A.T. Kearney employees before receiving an offer.

Women at A.T. Kearney

A.T. Kearney has over 25% of the it’s key accounts being led by women, 60% of revenue account in North America are led by accounts with women leaders.

References

External links

* [http://www.executiveagenda.atkearney.com/ Executive Agenda]
* [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/103/103702.html Yahoo! - A.T. Kearney Company Profile]
* [http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3995 Globalization Index]