Download or read book Becoming A Better Value Creator: How To Improve The Company'S Bootom Line-And Your Own written by Anjan V Thakor and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-02-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an inaugural title in the University of Michigan Business School Management Series (UMBS)-a top-5 ranked business school- that offers innovative solutions to the most pressing problems facing managers today. In Becoming a Better Value Creator, University of Michigan Professor Anjan V. Thakor tackles the bottom line-how can marketing; manufacturing, human resources and finance do more to make a company successful.· The Challenge and the Joy of Being a Great Value Creator· The Tools of Value Creation· Being a More Effective Value Creator in Manufacturing and Procurement· Being a More Effective Value Creator in the Marketing, Sales and Distribution, and New-Product Development Functions· Being a More Effective Value Creator in the Human Resources Group· Being a More Effective Value Creator in Finance