Becoming a better value creator : how to improve the company's bottom line--and your own / Anjan V. Thakor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thakor, Anjan V.

Series:

University of Michigan Business School management series

The University of Michigan Business School management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial management.

Value analysis (Cost control).

Physical Description:

xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2000]

Summary:

Why do some companies continue to perform beyond expectations year after year, while others start fast out of the gate, then lose momentum and become unprofitable? Successful companies create sustained shareholder value. Creating sustained value means more than watching the bottom line. It means building a business strategy, that combines marketing, manufacturing, HR, and finance to ensure the company's ongoing success.

This book presents readers with five keys to becoming value creators for their organizations. By learning to recognize the factors critical to their own success and that of their organizations, they can go beyond maximizing short-term profits to serve the long-term interest of all the companies' stakeholders -- and ensure their own personal and professional fulfillment.

Contents:

The five secrets of great value creators

Understanding value and value creation

Putting value creation into practice strategy, success measures, and speed

Improving value creation in procurement and manufacturing

Improving value creation in marketing, sales, distribution, and new product development

Improving value creation in human resources

Improving value creation in finance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index.

ISBN:

0787953083

OCLC:

44083914