The Goal By Eliyahu M

The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt is about a plant manager named Alex Rogo and his quest of knowledge to make his company profitable again. Alex does this while battling family issues at home with his wife. In the beginning, Alex has no idea where he is going to start or even understand why they are losing money. Everything that he reads according to the numbers of the company says that he is running a very efficient company.

Critical Chain by Eliyahu Goldratt was very similar to his previous novel entitled The Goal in the point that it elaborated on many concepts that were used to create improvements in the business world. Some of these concepts included a detailed explanation of the theory of constraints, bottlenecks and project time management.

its goals are, how its goals continue to be accomplished, what specific setbacks are remedied from it and how others feel about it.

The main character in “The Goal”, Alex Rogo, manages a production plant that is unprofitable and not efficient with its resources. Alex is given a short amount of time to turn the operations at the plant around and make it an efficient, successful production plant. Throughout the book, Alex Rogo speaks to Jonah a number of times and learns a great amount of information from him. The first significant time that Alex and Jonah spoke was during their chance meeting at an airport lounge. During this conversation, Alex learned a great deal about productivity and goal setting. Jonah explains to Alex that a company has one goal and that the manager must be open about the goal. Jonah then discusses the definition of productivity with Alex and tells him that the true definition is bringing a company closer to its goal that it has set. Among these concepts that Alex learned, he also learned more about his own management style and how it could be improved. Alex learned that he must question common concepts regarding managing and that he must think differently in order to be successful.

In order to be productive all members of staff should be aware of the goals of the firm. Knowing the goals allows the manager to make effective decisions. The goals of the firm can be viewed as the motives of the entrepreneur’s who own and run the firm. There a number of goals that a firm can pursue in its day-to-day

Goals are integral in helping the company set timelines for fulfilling their core mission (Balanced Scorecard Institute, 2014). The division will focus on goals that focus on the generation of new ideas and how long it takes for these ideas to become business successes. As such, long term and short term goals must be clearly outlined.

“…not because it is easy, but because it is hard, because that goal would serve to organize the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone and one we intend to win” (Hald-Mortensen, 2007).

As a student of Walden University, goals established in week one were a starting point to get the ball rolling on potential goals that are achievable. The purpose of reevaluating goals is to ensure they are reasonable with the current situation and on track with future dreams. However, understanding the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) in an attempt to accomplish a goal.

The Goal, written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, displays the life of a plant manager who is told that if he is not able to shift the manufacturing plant within a constrained time frame to make money, the factory will shut down. What’s even more interesting about the novel is that it is based on the conflicts and advances of a mere manager in a small company located in a small town. By introducing and successfully implementing the “Theory of Constraints”, this manager was able to make this small company that was on the verge of shutting down to have one of the most productive plants thus making the factory more successful at the end.

On the surface these two goals may seem similar but the difference lies in the way the authors

Edwin Locke and Gary Latham will be the first ones to openly admit there are active limitations with the goal setting theory. It is not uncommon for individual goals to conflict with organizational goals. Moreover, research has proven complex goals have sparked motivation in teams to implement strategies with substantially high amounts of risk (Knight, Durham, & Locke, 2001). Sometimes people will believe higher risk strategies produce the greatest returns, yet high-risk goals consistently result in failure as well (Knight et. al, 2001). Additionally, when individuals simultaneously create two goals there is a greater chance they exert too much energy and focus on achieving just one of those goals. This can lead to one of the goals not receiving enough attention, which can potentially result in the person failing to reach the end result in either goal. In short, these are three common limitations of goal setting that typically draw concerns from other researchers and theorists. However, it is important people are aware of the limitations that do not receive as much attention, such as team goal setting, unethical behavior in high performance goals, and subconscious goals.

But then again, the goal isn't clear to everyone. One of the characters in the book, an accountant, responds to an offhand comment about the goal with a confused "The goal? You mean our objectives for the month?" That's sure to strike a chord with a lot of readers.

I chose to read the book, “The Goal” by Eliyahu M. Goldratt. The book is about a plant manager, Alex Rogo, who is trying to save his plant from getting shut down by using the help of physicist, Jonah, and the Theory of Constraints. I can see the benefits of this book in different areas, not only in the ability to increase productivity in any company, but also using the ideas in all other areas of your life. I personally had a difficult time understanding this book. It took me reading it, then going back and re-reading part of it, to really understand how to apply the concepts. However, I do finally get it. The two key things that I enjoyed about the book are "dependent events" in relation to "statistical fluctuations and bottlenecks vs non-bottlenecks.

“The Goal” is a book written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox in 1984. The book is very famous in the management field. In 2004, the author published the third revision of it and celebrated selling over than three million copied of it around the world. Also, the goal book is taught in over than 120 collages. The book was recommended by my professor to be read and summarize as an extra credit.

The goal is a novel story written by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox. Many copies has 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 reason of the book success is the way how it frames the concept of bottlenecks.