Summary:
Time for a book deep dive. This episode we dig into the Theory of Constraints as explained in the management novel “The Goal” by late Eli Goldratt (Goldratt and Cox) in 1984. Some deep (and sometimes vociferous) debate on dissecting the language, the context of the 80’s (when the book was published) and what in fact should be a worthy goal for an organization.
Questions we consider are: is it as simplistic as “to make more money”? Or is the goal to provide quality, valuable products/services to the market in a sustainable manner? Given the make money language, are the principles from the book still applicable for not-for-profit organizations?