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    The Goal Eliyahu M. Goldratt & Jeff Cox Russel Jay Eserjose   “The Novel That is Changing American Business”, The Goal, written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox is a business novel that is management oriented in order to help and improve operations management. This novel was on the Time Magazine’s list of “The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books”. It was first published in 1984, but over time it has been revised and republished three times. Goldratt is a business consultant who is

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    “The Novel That is Changing American Business”, The Goal, written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox is a business novel that is management oriented in order to help and improve operations management. This novel was on the Time Magazine’s list of “The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books”. It was first published in 1984, but over time it has been revised and republished three times. Goldratt, is a business consultant who is acknowledged for his Theory of Constraints (TOC). He has also published

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    Introduction: ‘The Goal’ written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt is a compelling management novel, which emphasizes on using logical reasoning rather than following conventional ways of doing business. This novel used manufacturing plant as a metaphor to uncover the fundamental concepts of ‘Theory of Constraints’. The story revolves around saving the plant by working through the constraints to reach the overall goal of the organization with new measurements and new assumptions, which can be applicable for

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    In a situation like Alex Rogo’s, the Plant Manager for the Bearington Division of UniCo Corporation, who has been given three months by his boss to either show a profit or face shutdown, one can be tempted to consider an easy option – quit now and look for another job while your reputation is still intact. The temptations for Alex to consider this option are many – his plant has not shown any profit for quite some time, orders are often shipped months late, the inventory position is so bad that the

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    Introduction: I read the fictional book called, The goal: A process of ongoing improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff cox. Goldratt has an extensive history of writing novels about business problems and their solutions. His list of work includes; The race, The haystack syndrome, What is This Thing Called Theory of Constraints and How Should it be Implemented?, It’s not luck, critical chain, and necessary but not sufficient. With his most recent work being in 2009 called Isn’t it obvious focusing

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    goal is a business novel written by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox. Many copies have been sold worldwide since was first published in 1984. The book has been translated in different languages, which make it easy to read and understand. The book’s success came through the way how it frames the concept of bottlenecks. Eliyahu Goldratt wrote different books, such as It’s Not Luck, Critical Chain, Necessary but Not Sufficient and Isn’t It Obvious? Goldratt was the original founder of The Theory

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    UniCo is a manufacturing plant that struggles with fulfilling orders on time. Author of The Goal, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, walks readers through the techniques used to enhance productivity for the plant. Goldratt does this through the main character of the Goal, Alex Rogo. Alex is experiencing pressure from division supervisors to solve the plants productivity problems or the plant will be shut down. Alex is given three months to turn things around. At first, Alex is unsure of how to go about fixing

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    BOOK SUMMARY The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement, by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox was written in 1992. It was an attempt to bring highly technical theories around ongoing process improvement to the reader in a non-technical way. The Book is filled with many “aha” moments that lead to a heightened awareness and provide a comprehensive framework for real goal attainment. The book starts by introducing the main character. Mr. Alex Rogos. Alex is being transferred back to his hometown of

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    The Goal By Eliyahu M

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    The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt explains important concepts of operation and general management. Although this novel is set in a manufacturing plant, the concepts and terms can be universally applied to a variety of organizations. Through the story of Alex Rogo, readers learn how common misconceptions about the operations of a business can be detrimental to the success of a firm; conversely, Goldratt illustrates how alternative approaches can revive a plant and help to achieve its ultimate goal.

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    The Goal By Eliyahu M

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    The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox is a Business Themed novel with the objective of teaching readers about Science and education. Eliyahu Goldratt is an Israeli businessman and physicist who is best known for his work on the Theory of Constraints and the idea of bottlenecks in a business process. Before Goldratt wrote and published his first book, he was a chairman and shareholder of a company called Inc. Magazine. It came from the sheer frustration of this company that he started work

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