If businesses are to grow successfully, it is important that they set appropriate targets, plan carefully and then monitor progress towards achieving those targets. On Target: Achieving Best Business Performance will help the reader understand the importance of setting targets in each of five strategic areas, viz: finance, marketing, quality, staff development and activity. It will provide sufficient explanation and examples to enable the readers to set targets and use them to exercise control over their businesses.-- Clarifying key targets in the main performance areas-- Explaining the value of defining targets as ratios-- Shows how to tell if the business is diverging from targets and how to take corrective action-- Features real case studies from businesses.