Malcolm McDonald on Key Account Management explores the challenges of winning, retaining and developing key accounts. Key accounts are customers who help their suppliers grow, and consequently, they wield significant power. Although they are the key to market share and revenue growth, the costs of serving key accounts can erode profitability unless they are thoroughly understood and managed. Malcolm McDonald on Key Account Management takes a step-by-step approach to presenting best practice in key account management. Whether your business is starting up or well-established, there is always more to discover about improving the way value is created between you and your most important customers. Malcolm McDonald and Beth Rogers have spent over twenty years researching, teaching and consulting on key account management, and have condensed their knowledge into this book, focusing on making it clear, concise and easy to use.
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Understand the essentials of Key Account Management through this clear, concise and no-nonsense guide.
Section - 01: Introducing key account management;Section - 02: The role of key accounts in achieving business growth;Section - 03: Selecting the right key accounts;Section - 04: Understanding buying decisions;Section - 05: Key account plans;Section - 06: Understanding account-based marketing;Section - 07: People and skills for key account management;Section - 08: Going global with key accounts;Section - 09: The risks of key account management;Section - 10: The future of key account management;Section - Appendix 1: The McDonald and Rogers 10 guidelines for profitable key account management;Section - Appendix 2: A quiz for key account managers;Section - Appendix 3: Important research articles on key account management;
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"Soundly based on accepted theory, this book represents an inestimable practical guide to key account management. As a rare collection of wisdom and insight into KAM, it has great value for practitioners and students, and is highly recommended for those aiming for the AKAM Diploma. Malcolm McDonald and Beth Rogers were among the very first in the UK to acknowledge and research KAM, making important contributions to this professional discipline which is still poorly understood by most companies."
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Understand the balance between achieving growth through the development of key accounts and serving key accounts, without letting costs become prohibitive

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780749480776
Publisert
2017-08-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Kogan Page Ltd
Vekt
385 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
248

Biographical note

Professor Malcolm McDonald was formerly a Professor of Marketing and Deputy Director at Cranfield University School of Management and is now an Emeritus Professor. Based in the UK, he is also an Honorary Professor at Warwick Business School and the author of Malcolm MacDonald on Marketing Planning, also published by Kogan Page. Dr Beth Rogers was formerly a Business Development Manager at Portsmouth Business School and chaired project board developing National Occupational Standards for UK professional sales. Based in the UK, she is now the Director of two organisations and writes articles for business publications.