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The Goal
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Summary and Study Guide
Overview
The Goal, originally published in 1984 by North River Press, is part of a subset of business writing intended for managerial training. In the tradition of Who Moved My Cheese? and Surviving Your Serengeti: 7 Skills to Master Business and Life, The Goal is a fictional fable directed at executives to help them improve organizational culture and productivity. The Goal was one of the first such publications and introduced the idea of the Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Management. It also proliferated the idea of bottlenecks in business. The book has since been republished many times, the most recent in 2014, and was named one of Time Magazine’s top “25 Most Influential Business Management Books.”
Plot Summary
Alex Rogo, a young plant manager for UniCo, a manufacturing firm, walks into his plant to find a scene of chaos. Bill Peach, the division vice president and Alex’s boss, has stormed into the plant furious about a late order. After disrupting the whole work process, he tells Alex that he has three months to show significant improvement, or Bill will recommend that the plant be closed. Things at home are no better for Alex. Julie, his wife, is bored by life in sleepy, small-town Unlock all 53 pages of this Study Guide Plus, gain access to 8,900+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
