
Relevance
Hitting Your Goals by Knowing What Matters
David Apgar(Author)
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 28. April 2008
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7879-9759-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this groundbreaking book, business guru David Apgar helps leaders pinpoint which information matters most for successful goal setting, strategy, and bottom-line performance. Based on simple and easy-to-implement practices, Relevance outlines a new discipline focused on the relevance of performance measures for assessing key strategy issues and accelerating learning. David Apgar's practices are grounded in solid business research and clearly illustrated with real-life examples from top-performing companies such as Toyota, Alcoa, Nestlé, Capital One, Cisco, Microsoft, and GE.
More details
Product info
GB
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Drawings: 8 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 3 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
411 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-9759-5 (9780787997595)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
04/2008
Jossey-Bass
€17.99
Available for download
Person
David Apgar (Washington, DC) serves as Managing Director of the Corporate Executive Board's (www.executiveboard.com) finance practices. CEB's research and training programs provide decision support tools and executive education addressing issues related to corporate strategy, operations, and general management.
Content
Introduction: The End of the Information Revolution.
1 Growing to Learn.
2 Goals, Assumptions, and the Eight-Line Strategy.
3 Knowing What Matters.
4 Key Performance Indicators and the Metrics Matrix.
5 Three Kinds of Performance Gaps and the Strategy Review.
6 Planning to Evolve.
Conclusion: The Beginning of the Relevance Revolution.
Notes.
Acknowledgments.
The Author.
Index.