Value Master (How to Improve Corporate and Individual Performance)

Author: Angela V. Zakrzewski
Translator: Xu Yucai
United States / USA
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2002-01-31
Features: Today's businesses need not just excellent managers, but value masters—those who not only understand organizational processes but also know how to drive continuous profitability for the company and its shareholders. Therefore, the esteemed management education expert Angela Zakrzewski, in her new book The Value Master, provides managers with a practical guide on how to create value for both the company and themselves while building success. The concept of a value master does not refer to short-term profit-making but rather to integrating the efforts of every employee into the company's strategy to ensure long-term profitability. It requires every employee to adopt an ownership mindset toward the company's assets they manage and to translate organizational strategy into personal action plans. Through the chapters, Zakrzewski explains from the perspectives of market, production, human resources, and finance how to develop personal plans and overcome value-destroying factors.
Using examples collected from globally renowned, high-growth companies during her research, Zakrzewski summarizes five secrets of the value master across four business areas, helping each of us become outstanding value creators. The China-Europe/Michigan Innovation Management Series is dedicated to assisting all managers by providing a series of practical tools to enhance corporate performance and brighten the prospects of management careers. The issues addressed in The Value Master are some of the most challenging faced by professional managers today. Once managers grasp the key elements that lead the organization toward sustainable success, they can move beyond short-term gains to pursue long-term benefits for the company and its shareholders, thereby advancing their own career development.