The author provides a comprehensive overview of current management tasks and methods in industrial enterprises. A fundamentally new aspect is the consistently process-oriented perspective. Four processes - from the strategic to the operational level - explain the complex value creation activities in industrial operations. Numerous examples illustrate the theory: the strategic management process, the innovation and operational readiness process, as well as the operational performance process. An innovative and holistic approach for lecturers and students of economics and related fields, as well as for practitioners.