The Goal ^{2nd Ed.}

The Goal is a management-oriented novel by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, a business consultant known for his Theory of Constraints. It was originally published in 1984 and has since been revised and republished. This book can be used for case studies in operations management, with a focus geared towards the Theory of Constraints, bottlenecks and how to alleviate them, and applications of these concepts in real life. It is used in management colleges to teach students about the importance of strategic capacity planning and constraint management. Time Magazine listed the book as one of "The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books".

• Introduction to The Revised Edition
• Introduction
• 1-40
• My Saga to Improve Production

Let's put it this way: this guy will never win a Pulitzer price. Still, it is a very interesting novel, that makes you think and ask for more. I understand why it has become a classic.

Word of advice, avoid the first edition and go for the second and revised one.

Oh, and don't try to use it as a reference. There are no table of contents, the chapters are just numbers and no Index exists…