TY - BOOK AU - Leibert, James TI - Smart things to know about business SN - 9781841124247 U1 - 650 Lei PY - 2002/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Capstone Publishing Ltd KW - Business KW - Industrial management N1 - Introduction - This is Business 1 1 Smart Business 3 2 Your Place in the Corporate World 7 PART I - Efficient Customer Value Creation 15 3 How do Companies Create Value? 17 Creating Value for Customers 4 How to Meet Customers' Needs 31 5 Earning the Customers' Trust 51 6 Persuading Customers to Buy Your Products 63 Being Efficient 7 Efficiency Gains from Technology Investment 73 8 Learning How to be More Efficient 87 PART II - Good Management 101 9 How to Manage 103 Management 10 How to Delegate 119 Strategy 11 Forecasting Market Dynamics 129 12 Creating a Lasting Competitive Advantage 153 13 A Systematic Approach to Planning 171 Organization 14 Designing an Effective Organization 183 15 How to Manage Change 199 16 Keeping Track of the Money 213 17 The Future of Business 231 PART III - Achieving Personal Success 241 18 How to Achieve Personal Success in Business 243 19 How to Become a Great Manager 251 20 How to Teach Yourself New Skills 265 N2 - Part of a series of books that offers sound business-related advice, this volume by James Leibert addresses the key issues that affect modern businesses in the 21st century ER -