La Meta: Un Proceso de Mejor Continua

Escrito por Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Narrado por Mauricio Perez

Escrita con un estilo de relato de acción, La Meta es la emocionante novela que está transformando el pensamiento de los directivos de todo el mundo occidental. El autor ha sido descrito por la revista Fortune como un "gurú de la industria" y por Business Week como genio. Este es un libro para ser recomendado a sus amigos profesionales de la industria-incluso a sus jefes-pero no a sus competidores. Alex Rogo es un "estresado" director de fábrica que intenta desesperadamente mejorar los resultados de la misma, que está abocada al desastre.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Highbridge Company
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 31 oct 2017
• ISBN: 9781681683416

Comentarios para La Meta

[Sergio Hernandez · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Excelente libro, rompe paradigmas sobre la administración en las operaciones, desde una perspectiva simple en un relato nos introduce a la teoría de las restricciones.

[Mariana Avila · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Me lo dejaron leer para la maestría y me ayudó mucho!

[Daniel Delgado López · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Muy buen libro, es una lectura que hace una narración sencilla y agradable y de gran utilidad

[Javier Callejon · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Excelente libro, la narracion esta perfecta y el libro en si sirve de mucho para los estudiantes de ingieneria industrial.

[szarka_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Some of the fiction elements may sound a tad outdated today, but this book is just as relevant now. The audiobook is particularly well-done.

[scottjpearson · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

This book helped define the genre of management books told as narrative fiction. It teaches management principles while allowing the reader to see what real management looks like in practice. This particular work even introduces a love story to the mix.

This story tells the common tale of a generic manufacturing plant and a marriage in crisis. It’s in the ilk of a coming-of-age tale in which the main character Alex learns how to take the responsibility of turning around a failing plant. He gets counsel from Jonah who mentors Alex in his growth. Alex’s marriage also bounces back from separation. Alex learns how to think and how to manage. In the end, he succeeds in gaining autonomy and independence.

Books like this are a good way to learn. While they educate, they also entertain. The process of filtering through the conflicting signals allow growth to happen more naturally – more along the lines of real life instead of just memorizing a textbook. In the 1980s (when this book was written), Goldratt pioneered this technique which can now be found across many management books. He borrows this technique from the famed Socratic method of teaching.

Overall, this book succeeds in getting its point across with clarity and effectiveness. For those with business inclinations, it’s worth the time to observe how the genre of business fiction came about.

[villemezbrown · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

Though it was slightly more readable than I expected, this graphic novel about business management was still pretty darn dull.

[aarchamb · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Interesting read - describes the Theory of Constraints in a narrative format that makes it a bit more palatable, but still a little dry reading. Reading for my management course this fall...hopefully, will be able to apply to life in information management!

[mohammedkb · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

THE GOAL is an interesting business novel about a plant manager, Alex, who was faced with a challenge of improving the performance of his plant or else will face a plant shutdown and become jobless after a 3-month notice from his superior, Peach.

Alex got enlightened when he coincidentally met Jonah, a TOC consultant, in an airport lounge. Jonah helped Alex get over his trouble through his Socratic way of leading people to solutions by questioning them rather than giving them answers.

The beauty of this novel is depicted in its logical thinking in achieving the one goal of any organization; namely, making money. The book starts with the misconception about ‘Productivity’ and it shows that it is meaningless if it does not end up in affecting the bottom line. Then, it explains the measurements that TOC (Theory of Constraints) uses to measure progress towards achieving the Goal, viz., Throughput, Inventory, and Operational Expenses.

The book presents, thru the manufacturing setting of the troubled Plant, the concept of a bottleneck, which is later referred to as Constraint. It shows how Alex succeeded in turning around his plant into the most successful in the group through the 5-step approach of TOC: Identifying the constraint, Exploiting it, Subordinating everything else to it, Elevating it, and going back to the first step if the constraint is broken and another is shown up somewhere else in the system.

The Goal is a real eye-opener to the logical steps of an ongoing improvement process. It takes one much effort to deploy such a process in any organization as it mandates a shift of paradigm. Yet, it is a good start for those embarking on making changes in their workplace. Readers of The Goal should continue learning about TOC and the details of its 5-step process by reading Goldratt’s other book “It’s Not Luck!”.

[hjvanderklis_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Whereas I encountered Goldratt's Theory of Constraints in various meetings on planning, and project management conferences, I never read The Goal (1986), until now. In 2014 I bought a stack of classic management books from Henk Jan Kamsteeg (author, coach, Communications & Marketing manager at In Justice Mission Netherlands). One of that books: the Dutch translation of The Goal. The Theory of Constraints packed in a novel, part facing tough production issues, part love story. Both marriage and work have their challenges. It's up to Alex Rogo to find solutions. Jonah is his coach, practicing Socratic questioning. What proves to be common sense may be so difficult to find. How to streamline production processes, avoiding waste, unneeded stocks, and become profitable again? Learn the 5 important steps of the Theory of Constraints from a as real as possible live situation.

[johnkuypers_1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Very well written book that both entertains and teaches. Ideal for anyone looking to understand how to run an efficient, productive business using Goldratt's Theory of Constraints.

[stefannijenhuis · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

liked the way the TOC was writen as a story. The books takes you along with Alex Rogo on a journey to find out which steps he needs to take to make his plant profitable. He achieves this by logical thinking, taking some major steps in thinking and is influenced by his old fysics tacher Johah. Together with his team he manages to implement a process for continuous learning. During all this he also finds a way to rescue his marriage. Inspiring.

[ethanfenichel · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

This is a good book from a business philosophy perspective. From a literary perspective, it's fairly atrocious. I think it is still worth the read if you are interested in management and process improvement. It is written like a novel, but clearly, not the main point. I found that I enjoyed it - but would probably have enjoyed a speaker on the subject more.

[dangraham_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Terrific book re-evaluating the way companies think about smart manufacturing

[krobbie67 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This is probably one of the most interesting business books I have ever read, probably more for its style than its content. The book presents the Theory of Constraints but not with dry, repetitive, lecturing. It does it in a fictionalized, novel format. It doesn't spoon feed the process. You work along with the characters to develop an understanding. I found it incredibly interesting and motivating to read.

[ffstorer · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

"The novel that is changing American business", from the cover

[sundaraz_1 · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

The book is engaging but I was disappointed that most of it are lean principles, and not something path breaking as I had imagined.

[loritori · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

This book is about "Theory of Constraints" (TOC) and the Process of Ongoing Improvement. It is written like a novel, but is very insightful into how to view business system issues from a more scientific point of view (POV). I agree with other reviewers that I could have done without the marital issues, but it ends up being a page turner.

I was given this book by my boss to read and while I work in software development and release the theories were easily applied in our business model. Even the interviews at the end of the book were useful in how the theory has been applied in other situations and industries.

[sunfi_1 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

A decent little book discussing the Theory of Constraints. I actually had to read this for an undergrad management accounting class and it wasn't that bad. I was expecting something much worse but it was a good little story and it made a lot of sense.

[dvf1976 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

What a weird book.

A "Production and Operations Management Book" that's a real page-turner.

I probably could have done without the marital problems, since the book seemed somewhat compelling without it.

[lgaikwad_4 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

about theory of constraints

[philip2021 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

An operations / logistics textbook hidden inside a novel....

[wjskabelund · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Unlike any other business book I have read. It reads like a novel which took a while getting used to. Although I run a service oriented business, it explains how to solve problems and that everything is a process.

[schotman-2 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

a great book about business optimization