Eliyahu M. Goldratt
What’s inside
The Goal, by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, is a business novel about a plant manager, Alex Rogo, who is tasked with improving the performance of a failing manufacturing plant within a three-month deadline. The novel presents the Theory of Constraints, a management philosophy that views any manageable system as being limited in achieving more of its goals by a very small number of constraints.
You’ll Learn
- Learn an effective method for problem-solving
- Understand the Theory of Constraints and its practical applications
- Acquire skills to identify and manage bottlenecks
- Gain insights into effective change management
Key Points
- Eliyahu Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints
- Identifying the weakest link in operations
- Utilizing bottleneck theory to improve productivity
- Balancing flow, not capacity
- The importance of dependent events and statistical fluctuations
- Continuous improvement through iterations
- Effective change management
Who’s it For
- Business Managers
- Entrepreneurs
- Industrial Engineers
- Employees seeking career advancement
- Management Students
About the author
Eliyahu M. Goldratt was an Israeli physicist turned business consultant. He is best known for developing the Theory of Constraints and his business novel, The Goal, which has been translated into 35 languages.