Reviews for Finance and accounting for nonfinancial managers

The average rating for Finance and accounting for nonfinancial managers based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-02-03 00:00:00 Frederick Keller Sensational title, compelling thesis, mediocre execution! Kaminer justifiably excoriates self-help gurus and 12-step programs for using dodgy rhetorical devises such as shoddy anecdotal evidence, flimsy personal testimony, and emotional manipulation. Sadly, she makes her argument using shoddy anecdotal evidence, flimsy personal testimony, and emotional manipulation.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-05-27 00:00:00 Nicola Liotta Alternate title: I'm Cynical, You're Cynical Okay, so now I've read several books on the evils of the self-help industry and I think I'm getting a little tired of the topic. I may not be in the best position to give Wendy a fair review under the circumstances, but I'll try. This book begs a comparison to Steve Salerno's "SHAM." Wendy's tone is more detached and academic than Steve's, and Steve's book is more expansive. Wendy's basic gripe with the self-help movement seems to be its abdication of control and responsibility in favor of placing uncritical trust in a higher power -- G-d, or more frequently, a self-help guru. Wendy attacks the concept of co-dependence (which she defines rather broadly and vaguely), the twelve-step movement, irrational New Age rhetoric, and the reintroduction of G-d and spirituality into self-help. Her overall thesis might be summed up by George Carlin's quote in SHAM, which I'll paraphrase: If you're reading it in a book, people, it's not self-help -- it's help! The other books I've read in this genre quoted Wendy frequently, so there wasn't a whole lot of new information here for me. Maybe I'd have given this a higher rating if I'd read it before I read the others.