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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Jeff Cox, Eliyahu M. Goldratt

riceball0's review against another edition

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1.0

read like a white businessman’s fanfiction. it had a terrible marriage problem subplot and the main character was a shitty husband and father and the wife should’ve left him. helped me understand bottleneck theory and operations a little better but i couldve just searched it up instead of reading 384 pages about a random manager and his martial problems. writing was subpar. made me question my interest in industrial engineering.

zbraze's review against another edition

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challenging funny informative medium-paced

3.0

kylecat22's review against another edition

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4.0

Let me say this first, the domestic themes between the husband and wife we follow are ROUGH and dated to say the least. Did it hamper my enjoyment of the book overall? Not really. I was shocked to walk away with encouragement as it relates to process improvement at work. I don't work in a factory, so I'd have to do some reflection on how ALL of the lessons apply to me and what I can do, however, this was one of the only "nonfiction" book that I've sincerely liked cover to cover.

beckkopp's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

fabrychenko's review against another edition

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4.0

Нюансы производства и заводские процессы не являются объектами моего интереса, но захотелось посмотреть, что это такое «бизнес-роман».

По части бизнеса все очень даже ок. Сначала правда меня бесил стиль «учитель задаёт вопрос, ученик мечется в агонии в поисках решения», который нацелен на совместный поиск ответов с героями. Просто иногда ну оооочень долго доходили персонажи к разгадке. 70 страниц и куча громких фраз, чтобы понять, что основная цель производства это прибыль? Ну алло.
Но потом я втянулась и поняла, что это действительно хороший текст для изучения основ экономики…в школе. Очень детально, с примерами и долгими обсуждениями тебе преподносят азы.

Что касается романа, то здесь мне не понравилась мысль автора. Он хотел показать, что главный герой не только работник, но и обычный человек с повседневными проблемами и личной жизнью, которая влияет на принятие решений. НО здесь это никак и ни на что не влияло:) читалось все как две несвязные сюжетные линии. Ну и сами семейные «проблемы» вызвали один большой фейспалм, и ощущение было, что я смотрю дешёвое мыло.

За идею - 5, за исполнение - 3. Вот и получили четвёрочку.

jonsploder's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5 stars. First 70% brilliantly written, the last 30% stopped being clever and finished off a lot of more technical details. If the author had kept up the clever writing, it would be a 5.

Very well worth a read for anything optimisation related, not just business. Easy to get through and very simple English used. More things should be taught this way. Thought provoking

chris_fiebelkorn's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

pxienix's review against another edition

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5.0

The best way to convey a message is to make it as relatable as possible to the reader and Goldratt does a good job of that, as the story of the book is quite relatable indeed, while at the same time it conveys the intended message perfectly and lets the reader think along while reading as well.

Definitely worth a read

vivelaviv's review against another edition

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5.0

Everyone should read this book - at least once. It changes the way that you approach problematic situations.

lubdubsiwsh's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

2.25

The book was published in the eighties and it shows. Expect standard fare sexism and a depiction of capitalism the anyone who joined the job market post the millennium will find hard to recognize. The two and a quarter stars are for the fact it does manage to impart some functionally helpful management concepts on the exact last page, however it's advice I'm not sure any single manager in the past fifty years has managed to grasp as an operating principal. Perhaps if you are running a manufacturing plant some of the lessons throughout will be more helpful, but I'm struggling to find a way to adapt them to other types of processes.

Tl;Dr the way to loose a woman is forget to cherish her, and a managers job should be finding and solving problems.