A Fictional Business Bestseller
I just finished The Goal, which I read for my Operations Management class. Even though it isn't due until late February, I haven't been able to put it down the past few days.
It is actually a fictional account of a plant manager's saga to turn around a plant and, for that matter, his marriage. As I read the book, I learned about an important operation management concept that revolutionized manufacturing called "The Theory of Constraints". Also, I saw a lot of relevance of how the concept could be applied to my own life right away.
I found the fiction format appealing because:
- It's more interesting.
- It puts the theory into a real-world context, which makes it easier to understand.
Robert Kiyosaki really took advantage of this format in his series of
Rich Dad, Poor Dad books by turning the topic of accounting into a perennial bestseller with wide appeal. This got me more excited about the concept of a fictional book that explicates the concepts of Extreme Entrepreneurship.
Posted at January 28, 2004 12:31 PM
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Your post reminded me of a book I have read and wanted to share with you,in case you haven?t heard of it - Jack Stack?s ?The Great Game Of Business?. It is actually the true story of a team of managers turning around a manufacturing company in the early 80?s. The secret to their miraculous success was implementing a system of turning every employee into an entrepreneur and really developing the entrepreneurial mindset for all employees. While it?s written as a ?how-to? book for managers and business owners, I found it an entertaining, quick read ? full of sound entrepreneurial theory and great ideas.
