Synopses & Reviews
Mark C. Scott value drivers How does my company actually work? How do I become a better manager? How can I fit these pieces together to get ahead? The Manager's Guide to Driving Corporate Value Creation These questions are answered in this book. Mark Scott has created an easy-to-understand visual framework and the practical tools that will enhance any manager's performance. He teaches you how to recognize what your own organization does well and what it does badly. The tools provided will help you make crucial improvements in your own area of responsibility within your organization. "In a decade where most management books wax lyrical on consulting fads for the boardroom, it focuses on the solid, unglamorous but essential ground of helping managers and employees diagnose performance and take action for themselves." Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer, WPP Group PLC "Effective strategy is something that is lived everyday by managers at the coal face through a continual process of analysis, learning, refinement and application. This book is a useful primer for time-pressed managers who want to know how to add value to their companies' strategies." Professor John Quelch, Dean, London Business School "Our business is founded on smart, independent thinking professionals helping clients solve complex problems. Any book that can give people better tools to understand these problems is useful. Unlike many I read, this is a useful book." Terence M. Graunke, Chairman, Lighthouse Holdings Inc
Synopsis
Downsizing is jeopardizing many middle management positions. The streamlining of business is ongoing and many middle-management tasks are being outsourced to management consulting firms; key management decisions and responsibilities are being passed further down the managerial line. To ensure their career flexibility, managers and employees must develop a more strategic understanding of how their organizations function. Value Drivers provides practical frameworks and tools for employees to understand the way their firms work. It includes twenty key guidelines to evaluate the purpose, strategy, and performance of the company and examines the latest management thinking on what constitutes best practice.
Synopsis
Der Erfolg jedes Unternehmens steht und f llt mit der Leistung seiner Manager. Value Drivers ist ein leicht verst ndlicher, praktischer Leitfaden, der Ihnen hilft, Gesch ftsbeziehungen innerhalb Ihres Unternehmens besser zu verstehen, Ihre F hrungsaufgaben noch effektiver zu bew ltigen und Ihren Kollegen stets eine Nasenl nge voraus zu sein. Mark Scott zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie erkennen k nnen, wo die St rken und wo die Schw chen Ihres Unternehmens liegen und liefert gleichzeitig praxiserprobte Managementtechniken zur Leistungssteigerung durch wesentliche Verbesserungen in Ihrem eigenen Aufgabenbereich. Sie sind ein Manager mit Ehrgeiz- dann ist dieses Buch ein absolutes Mu . (11/99)
Table of Contents
Why are Firms in Business in the First Place?
Segmentation.
Ranking SBUs.
Corporate Strategy Revisited.
How Well is the Firm Doing?
Understanding the Market Context.
Core Competencies.
Core Competencies Revisited.
Back to Corporate Strategy.
Back to the Bottom Line.
Conclusion.
Appendices.
Select Bibliography.
Index.