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Summary:

Mr. Rogo, a plant manager, must improve his factory's efficiency or face its closing in just three months. Despite the fictional setting, Goldratt's novel has become a classic business and management text.
"30th Anniversary Edition. 'The Goal' is recognized as one of the most important business books ever published! One of Eli Goldratt's convictions was that the goal of an individual or an organization should not be defined in absolute terms. A good definition of a goal is one that sets us on a path of ongoing improvement. Pursuing such a goal necessitates more than one breakthrough. In fact it requires many. To be in a position to identify these breakthroughs we should have a deep understanding of the underlying rules of our environment. Twenty-five years after writing 'The Goal', Dr. Goldratt wrote 'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants'. In this article he provided the underlying rules of operations. This article appears at the end of this book in his memory"--Back cover.

Author/Creator:

Goldratt, Eliyahu M., 1947-2011 , author

Contributors:

Cox, Jeff, 1951- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The goal: a process of ongoing improvement [by Goldratt, E.M.]

Included Works:

Standing on the shoulders of giants [by Goldratt, E.M.]

Alternate Titles:

Spine subtitle: Theory of constraints: a process of ongoing improvement

Subjects:

Theory of constraints (Management) — Fiction

Continuous improvement process — Fiction

Strategic planning — Fiction

Manufacturing industries — United States — Fiction

Business — Fiction

Progress — Fiction

Total quality management

Organizational change

Problem solving

Psychology, Industrial

Theory of constraints (Management)

Continuous improvement process

Strategic planning

Manufacturing industries

Business

Progress

United States

Genres:

Fiction

Didactic fiction

Novels

General Notes:

"The best-selling business novel that introduced the theory of constraints and changed how America does business"--Front cover.
"30th anniversary edition"--Front cover.
"Includes Eli Goldratt's 'Standing on the shoulders of giants'"--Front cover.
"First Edition ©1984. Revised Edition ©1986. Second Revised Edition ©1992. Third Revised Edition ©2004. Fourth Revised Edition ©2014 (In memory of the author, the late Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Words cannot describe our esteem and respect for his lifeworks.)"--Title page verso.
"'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants' was written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt to mark the 25th anniversary of publishing 'The Goal'. The article was originally published in the December 2008 issue of Weekly Diamond, Japan"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.

Physical Description:

362 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

PR9510.9.G64 G6 2014

ISBNs:

9780884271956 (paperback)
0884271951 (paperback)

OCLC Numbers:

889024955