Abstract
The paper examines "The Goal", a book about business written in the format and style of a novel. The paper discusses the literary merit of the book as well as its functional value. It explains and discusses in depth the central theme of the book, which is the application of a new set of scientific principles of management based on logic and common sense. The characters and their attitudes, emotionality and relationships are explored simultaneously with Goldratt's revolutionary management and business ideas. The intertwined troubled career and troubled marriage of the main character is looked at closely. The paper concludes that "The Goal" is intended to show that common sense is the forgotten element in all endeavours of modern life be it business or personal.

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"The people in UniWare have feelings that correspond with our own. They feel fear at the prospect of losing their economic security. They feel intimidation at defying established principles in order to try something new. They feel puzzled when they cannot understand why things happen as they do. They feel satisfaction when they find and implement a solution. They feel triumph when they reach their goal."

Tags:business, management, communication, marriage, literature

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This paper details the main themes in Paine's renowned pamphlet "Common Sense", written and published in 1776. It discusses Paine's main goal, which was simply to convince the people of America that a revolution was needed, which would result in the establishment of an independent nation. Paine's publication was generally met with considerable interest by its audience and more than a little ill-humor by academics who considered his writing style to fall far short of the neoclassical ideal. It examines the main themes in "Common Sense" as well as the author's unique method of appealing directly to the highest sentiments of the most common people and the simplest convictions of the most literate. It also discusses the views of various critics who found and continue to find fault with the content and style of writing in Paine's work.

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"The original publication of Thomas Paine's work was generally met with considerable interest by its audience, and more than a little ill-humor by academics who considered his writing style to fall far short of the neoclassical ideal. One contemporary said that his style was"so coarse, that you would think he meant to degrade the language as much as the government." Even a relatively sympathetic colonial magazine, The Monthly Review, recorded in 1791 that Paine was "desultory, uncouth, and inelegant. His wit is coarse, and sometimes disgraced by wretched puns, and his language, though energetic, is awkward, ungrammatical, and often debased by vulgar phraseology."

Tags:revolution, war, style

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The paper discusses how the entire system of product generation, production, and value maximization must be a holistic, seamless flow of value maximization. The writer proposes that these are the principles of "Lean Thinking", and these are the principles embodied in the tale of "The Goal". The paper further discusses how, if one were to break down the emphasis of the two books, "Lean Thinking" places a stronger stress on the values of the 7-C model, while "The Goal" gives equal stress to such systems, but provides a motivational text so that a manager can deploy the softer values of leadership, formulating a company style based upon a common commitment to eliminating waste, creating a sense of shared values, and improving a sense of community.

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"The Goal thus integrates the principles of supply chain management of Lean Thinking into a leadership framework, with a stress upon the processes that a manager can control, and using the plant owner Alex as a kind of 'everyman.' Womack and Jones focus on the corporation's overall strategy from creation of a product, to the pull of customer demand, and thus stress the actions a company plans in response to or anticipation of changes in its external environment. If one were to use the terminology of the 7-C model, one might say that Womak and Jones have a more holistic strategic focus, while Goldratt and Cox approach the problems of inefficiencies on a more personal, individual, and managerial level, by virtue of the approach of using the framework of an educational novel."

Tags:standard, operating, procedures, weak, link, generate, value

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The paper describes the innovative economic theory in the novel "The Goal" that is illustrated through the protagonist of the story, Alex Rogo. The paper explains the five steps Rogo and his crew devise, named "The Theory of Constraints" that can be followed in many situations in order to save a failing business, increase productivity or reduce waste. The paper asserts that the most important lesson for management and employees to be taken from this book is that it is important to use common sense in solving problems, in any industry. The writer of the paper also relates his personal experience as an employee, and how he would have benefited if the Theory of Constraints had been applied to his situation.

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"Rogo turns to his mentor and former college professor, Jonah. With Jonah's guidance, Rogo is able to increase productivity and eliminate waste in his factory, thus saving the plant. This great success leads to Rogo being promoted to a position in which he is now an overseer of several failing factories. His job is to turn save these factories as he saved the first one. Goldratt's economic theory comes into play as Rogo tries to recreate the process that lead to saving the initial plant. Rogo and his crew try to establish exactly what steps they took, and try to see if those same steps can be recreated in these plants, and do these steps have a universal truth to them."

Tags:Theory, of, Constraints, productivity, waste, employees, management

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This paper argues that it is very easy to point out the differences between religious views and ideals, however it is even harder to find common ground and recognize the similarities. During my research I have found that the common history shared between Christianity and Islam is a fact that many who don't study history wouldn't know. It has been very interesting learning not only what is different but why are there so many people on boths sides who are so very angry.

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"Religion is an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, practices, and worship that are followed by people throughout the world. There are thousands of religions which vary by custom and cultural heritage and provide their followers a unique experience providing elements that differentiate their beliefs from those who follow another path. Among these thousands of religions are the eight most prominent; Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shinto, and Taoism. In this paper I will compare my Baptist faith, with those that follow Islam."

Tags:islam, christians, baptist

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This paper discusses that the goals of the European market and the American market are virtually one in the same: The enabling of national and international trade with as few barriers as possible and a commitment to the growth of a common market. This paper defines the EU system as "state oriented" and the U.S. system as "market oriented". The author believes that the European Union has been successful at fostering and growing a common market because of their success at harmonization, the means of making regulations meet a similar standard.

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"The European Market, unlike the American common market, also faced the challenge of confronting and addressing language barriers also and cultural differences. The European Union adapted to 15 different cultural entities. In the United States a common market was constructed based only on one language, English, and upon a people that are very homogenous culturally. Thus, the European Union is more amenable to growing trust among each state and necessarily had to establish a political system that was not as centralized as that in the United States. It would be virtually impossible for a national sovereign body to agree on a political system of standardization and regulation upon which all of the different cultural systems might easily agree. The European Union has thus looked more favorably upon international regulatory measures than the U.S. has in formation of its common market."

Tags:hamonization, orientation, state, standard, barriers

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The paper discusses four attributes that are necessary to acquire to become a successful leader, namely, surgency, dependability, openness to experience and agreeableness. The paper focuses on three world leaders that exude these qualities; Colin Powell, Peter Jackson and Aung San Suu Kyi. The paper discusses how Powell, Jackson and Suu Kyi also follow good models of leadership, such as the normative decision model and the path-goal theory. The paper emphasizes that leaders are not born and positive behaviors can be learned.

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"Leaders come in all shapes and sizes with various backgrounds of experience and culture. Stodgill's (1948) research proved that it is not qualitative differences such as height and weight that separate leaders from followers (as cited in Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2006). Yet, it is not intelligence alone that separates the two either. There are other qualities that have been found to make a difference as well. None are absolute, but some show more positive correlations for leaders than followers. Surgency, dependability, and openness to experience are all personality traits that can create distinctions. Also, agreeableness as a feature can not stand alone, but few successful leaders are made without it. Those who possess these characteristics and follow good models of leadership are more apt to be successful leaders."

Tags:leadership, models, surgency, dependability, openness, agreeableness

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This paper addresses a number of different language experiments that have been performed with all four species of great apes - gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and bonobos, and the advantages, disadvantages, and relative success of each, including conducted experiments. The author discusses the physical limitations of the apes, the advantages of using sign language as opposed to keyboard and symbol-based language, and criticisms brought up by various skeptics. The paper also mentions other types of cognitive activities in which the apes have participated, including painting and learning a system of economic exchange.

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"The Koko Project is currently the longest running and most successful of all the ape language projects. Patterson's goal was for Koko [the gorilla] to learn 200 signs ? she now knows over a thousand, and understands at least 2,000 words of spoken English. She asks questions, she lies, she tells stories, she uses the negative, she uses and understands abstract words like love, hate, and death, and she even tells jokes. One of the most famous incidents involves a conversation between Koko and one of her teachers regarding the color of her blanket. As she was getting ready to go to bed, the teacher asked Koko what color the blanket was. Koko responded "red," even though the blanket was white. The teacher admonished her and asked her again, refusing to believe that Koko would make such a simple mistake. Still, Koko responded "red," and repeated it several times. The teacher was perplexed. Then Koko pulled a tiny piece of red lint off the blanket, pointed to it, and signed "red," and started laughing her deep, breathy, gorilla laugh. Humor, then, is another quality we humans can no longer claim for ourselves alone."

Tags:allen, ann, beatrice, bonobo, chimpanzee, david, fouts, francine, gardner, gorilla, herbert, koko, language, lyn, miles, orangutan, patterson, penny, premack, primate, roger, rumbaugh, savage, sign, sue, terrace

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This paper first describes the original goals for the formation of the European Union (EU). Next, the author traces the history of the establishment and actions of the foreign policy, security and defense branches of the EU, which are hampered by constant evolution. The paper underscores that European defense policy and all areas of foreign policy within the EU have never appeared to have been focused on the potential military might of a united Europe because that would contradict the reasons for the states of Europe to bond together in the first place.

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"The year 1991 saw the negotiation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. The completion of the Single Market brought forth - particularly from France and Germany, the argument that it was now time to concentrate on the Political union of Europe, as well as economically and monetarily, for the EMU (Economic and Monetary Union) was now up and running. Divisions were rife throughout the Union not only in terms of those who wished to speed up the process of integration and those who wanted to keep decision making on such issues in the hands of member states."

Tags:nato, treaty of amsterdam, international peace, conflicts evolution

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"Supervision and supervisory techniques have been part of civilization since the first work or hunt detail was organized millennia ago. However, the theoretical practices of supervision and enlightened management style have only been in vogue during the last three or four decades. Indeed, since the future of any profession depends not only on its intrinsic ability to transmit its knowledge and values to new members, the role of supervision within the workplace has recently evolved into more of a scientific study of human behavior, psychology, and emotional gratification techniques. This paper will thus concentrate on the idea of supervision as the guidance, leadership, and control of the efforts of a group of individuals toward a common goal. It will analyze the planning stages of supervisory activity, the evaluation stage, the coordination stage, the encouragement ... "