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Title: The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox ISBN: 0-88427-061-0 Publisher: North River Press Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: May, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41 (188 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Process of Ongoing Improvment in Business and Life!
Comment: After picking up The Goal I was impressed with the way it was written. Reading a business book in a narrative format was something I did not expect to see. The narrative format helped to grab my attention and keeping it through the book. It is no wonder that is has sold over a million copies. I have since recommended this book to both family and friends not just as a book about business but it can help in every aspect of life. My manager friends who have started the book say that the approach to keep it away from the traditional business snooze books is great. I loved the fact that he was able to let the reader figure out what Jonah (an oracle like figure) meant before Alex got it. I felt it did take Alex a long time to understand and it did seem there was some basic changes in his plant that the untrained eye could see but over all I have nothing but praise for this book. If it weren't for the fact that Jonah did arrive at the plant it could have almost been thought of that Jonah was the subconscious of Alex Rogo and he had the answers all along. I felt that The Goal did a great job leaving an open ended question, showing that yes, indeed life is a process of on going improvement.
Rating: 5
Summary: A True Philisophical Understanding of Management
Comment: --The Goal is a requirement of a Managerial Accounting course I am taking. After intitial doubts as to the ability to enjoy a story about manufacturing, I honestly found the book fairly enjoyable and easily applicable to life in general.
--Eliyahu Goldratt truly has an innovative approach not only to management but also in teaching his theory. The Goal is about the ongoing struggle of a manufacturing plant manger Alex Rogo as he searches for a way to save his plant from being closed. With the leadership of an old high school physics professor Jonah, he develops a strategy to make his factory run more effectively and become more profitable. The theory of constraints is honestly a simple theory which is usually the most effective and overlooked. Goldratt understood that no matter how simple the theory is to comprehend it would not be as effective unless it was deeply understood. If he were to simply lay forth set rules in a textbook style format as to how to approach a constraint, the chances of long-run improvement would be slim. Since business is in a constant stage of change, the constraints within them must also change. Unless the manager has a true understanding of the theory he will be unable to adjust the environment to the changes to remain successful.
--Any reviewers that tell you that this book could have been summed up in fifty words (as many on here have said) truly don't understand half of Eliyahu's purpose in this book. It is necessary to see the process of development of the theory to truly understand why it is effective and to keep it effective in the long-run.
Rating: 4
Summary: Easy read, but tends to drag at end
Comment: Straight forward & easy to follow reading. The Theory Of Constraints portion was a bit dumbed down and a the romance thread was a little tiresome, but all in all it was a decent read. The last 50 pages are a complete bore...just kept dragging along so I suggest you close the book once you think the hero has saved the town - you won't miss a thing.
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Title: It's Not Luck by Eliyahu M. Goldratt ISBN: 0884271153 Publisher: North River Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Theory of Constraints by Eliyahu M. Goldratt ISBN: 0884271668 Publisher: North River Press Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Critical Chain by Eliyahu Goldratt ISBN: 0884271536 Publisher: North River Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Race by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Robert E. Fox ISBN: 0884270629 Publisher: North River Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1986 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, James Womack, Daniel Jones ISBN: 0743249275 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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