Thursday, March 13, 2008

BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH!





‘The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement’, by Eliyahu M. Goldratt published in 1984.

A business book that is easy to read! AND extremely useful! Goldratt writes many of his books as a piece of fiction with main characters, stories and love stories while explaining interesting business ideas.
This book delves into Goldratt’s ‘Theory of Constraints’, a model to manage business processes he developed as a business consultant.
The main protagonist, Alex Rogo, the manager of a failing metalwork plant, learns how to manage bottlenecks (constraints) in a manufacturing process, project management and the art of negotiation.
Set in America the concepts can be easily transferred into any business whether it is small, large, in manufacturing or service orientated. If you want to run your own business or get a promotion this book is a MUST READ. Other books in the series include ‘It’s not luck’ (I’m onto this one now!) and ‘The Haystack Syndrome’.