The Value Imperative: Managing For Superior Shareholder Returns - Hardcover

James M. McTaggart; Peter W. Kontes; Michael C. Mankins

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9780756776312: The Value Imperative: Managing For Superior Shareholder Returns

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ISBN 10: 0756776317 ISBN 13: 9780756776312

Publisher: Free Press/Macmillan, 1994

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Reveals a powerful new framework for the systematic, day-to-day mgmt. of shareholder value. Attacks the fundamental weaknesses in current mgmt. practices, namely, the stranglehold that budgeting has over strategic planning & the lack of imagination in mgmt. plans that prevents real changes & consequences. Provides a systematic approach to ''value based mgmt. (VBM)'' that eliminates these weaknesses, offering proven strategies for managing large, complex co's. to consistently produce superior results for stockholders. With hundreds of examples of co's. that have successfully employed the beliefs, principles, & practices of VBM, this book shows managers how to generate superior returns & realize their bus. full value potential.

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Moving beyond the strategies that managers have employed to create shareholder value - now the standard for business performance - management experts James McTaggart, Peter Kontes, and Michael Mankins reveal their powerful new framework for the systematic, day-to-day management of shareholder value. The authors attack head-on the fundamental weaknesses in current management practices, namely, the stranglehold that budgeting has over strategic planning and the lack of imagination in management plans that prevents real changes and consequences. They provide a systematic approach to "value based management" that eliminates these weaknesses, offering proven strategies for managing large, complex companies to consistently produce superior results for stockholders. Building on more than 16 years of consulting experience with many of the largest and best-known companies in North America, Europe, and Australia, the authors delineate the fundamental principles of value creation, as well as the primary obstacles. Starting with the principle that "cash flows drive value", McTaggart, Kontes, and Mankins show how to create a single governing objective that will enable managers to make decisions most likely to increase the company's competitive, organizational, and financial strength. Building on the objective of maximizing shareholder value, they outline the value based management framework that directly links a company's strategies and organization to its value in capital markets. Using real-world examples, they describe how to develop business and corporate strategies that substantially improve competitive position and increase market value, often within only two to five years. And as most largecompanies lack the internal processes necessary to manage for value on a sustained basis, the authors show managers how to build the five key processes that are institutional value drivers: governance, strategic planning, resource allocation, performance management, and top management compensation. Mastering these capabilities is fundamental to the ongoing, consistent creation of shareholder value over time. All companies, the authors argue, inherently possess an enormous potential to create higher value for their shareholders. With hundreds of examples of companies that have successfully employed the beliefs, principles, and practices of value based management, this book shows general managers how to generate superior returns and realize their business's full value potential.

About the Author:

James M. McTaggart is the chairman of Marakon Associates, an international management consulting firm founded in 1978.

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