#10 in Business
The Goal
- 333
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Goal” teaches a management theory by telling a story, and the device works better than sceptics expect. A manager with a failing factory, guided by a mentor’s questions, learns to find and attack the bottlenecks in his production line: the Theory of Constraints shown in action instead of explained. Readers who feared a dry business text report an engrossing one. It is most useful to anyone who runs, or works inside, a process.
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About the book
The Goal is about new global principles of manufacturing. It's about people trying to understand what makes their world tick so that they can make it better. As they think logically and consistently about their problems they are able to determine "cause and effect" relationships between their actions and the results. In the process they deduce some basic principles which they use to save their plant and make it successful. Used by thousands of companies and hundreds of business schools, this book is required reading for anyone interested in the Theory of Constraints. This book, which introduces the Theory of Constraints, is changing how America does business. The Goal is a gripping, fast-paced business novel about overcoming the barriers to making money. You will learn the fundamentals of identifying and solving the problems created by constraints. From the moment you finish the book you will be able to start successfully addressing chronic productivity and quality problems. - Publisher.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 211 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 59% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Business average of 7.9. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Books | 9.0 | 32 | 15% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 179 | 85% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Goal?
It has 333 pages — longer than 60% of the ranked books in Business.
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