The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0884271951 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 362 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Goldratt is an internationally recognized leader in the development of new business management concepts and systems, and acts as an educator to many of the world's corporations. Eliyahu M
So is his marriage. It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry - even to your bosses - but not to your competitors. It takes a chance meeting with a professor from student days - Jonah - to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done. He has ninety days to save his plant - or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas, which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC), developed by Eli Goldratt.. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. The story of Alex's fight to save his plant is more than compulsive reading. Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever
but I had to be out a week for a business trip and read 15 chapters easily on a flight crystalpumpkinpup I bought this for a class I'm taking. I have considerable lean experience, but had never read this particular book. It's a very fast read. We were only allowed to read 5 chapters at a time for class, but I had to be out a week for a business trip and read 15 chapters easily on a flight. I could have finished the entire book if I was allowed to. Quick read and great insight into lean/theory of constraints, especially for a. David Y. said don't buy the kindle version. Good read. Not just a business book, but about problem solving in general. Other reviews will tell you more. Kindle version is terrible. Many missing words. Can figure most of it out from context, but it disturbs the flow, and, well, you just shouldn't have to. don't buy the kindle version David Y. Good read. Not just a business book, but about problem solving in general. Other reviews will tell you more. Kindle version is terrible. Many missing words. Can figure most of it out from context, but it disturbs the flow, and, well, you just shouldn't have to. 4 starts for the book, 2 for the kindle screw up.. starts for the book, "don't buy the kindle version" according to David Y.. Good read. Not just a business book, but about problem solving in general. Other reviews will tell you more. Kindle version is terrible. Many missing words. Can figure most of it out from context, but it disturbs the flow, and, well, you just shouldn't have to. don't buy the kindle version David Y. Good read. Not just a business book, but about problem solving in general. Other reviews will tell you more. Kindle version is terrible. Many missing words. Can figure most of it out from context, but it disturbs the flow, and, well, you just shouldn't have to. 4 starts for the book, 2 for the kindle screw up.. starts for the book, 2 for the kindle screw up.. for the kindle screw up.. IME 415 Giovanni G Giovanni G. I guess I’ll start by saying that I actually really enjoyed this book. I was forced to read it out of my own free will but I’m glad that I was because there are some good lessons to learn from The Goal. Originally, I thought that the Theory of Constraints would be presented in a boring, technical way but it’s actually told in the form of a story. The story is basically about a plant manager, named Alex R
If you are the only one in your place to have read it, your progress along the path to the top may suddenly accelerateone of the most outstanding business books I have ever encountered." --Punch Magazine"Like Mrs. Fields and her cookies, The Goal was too tasty to remain obscure. Companies began buying big batches and management schools included it in their curriculums." --Fortune Magazine"This theory provided a persuasive solution for factories struggling with production delays and low revenues." --Harvard Business Review. "A survey of the reading habits of managers found that though they buy books by the likes of Tom Peters for display purposes, the one management book they have actually read from cover to cover is The Goal." -- The Economist"Anybody who considers himself a manager should rush out, buy and devour this book immediately