[Solved] Week 10 Discussion- Improving Business Performance

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

**The Goal Part 3**
This week is a continuation from Week 8 and Week 9, in which you use critical thinking skills to analyze business issues from the business novel _The Goal_. You will analyze the relevance of systems thinking concepts described in the book to effective business practices.
**To prepare for this Discussion:**
· Read pages 237–337 (Chapters 29–40) of _The Goal_.
· As you read this part of the book, consider passages that contain ideas that you find compelling and particularly relevant to effective business management. You will select at least three passages to discuss this week.
o Consider how management challenges were often misunderstood because some managers could not see beyond their own paradigms. Think about how some of the most effective actions focused on the system, and the policy constraints, rather than the immediate, local issues.
· In addition, consider how understanding these concepts might have influenced your past decision making.
**Post** your analysis of _The Goal_, to include the following:
· Identify three or more short passages from this week’s assigned reading in _The Goal_ that contain one or two essential ideas that you found compelling and explain why each passage you chose is relevant to and important in effective business management. Be sure to include the citation for each passage in your explanation.
· Then, reflect on and complete this statement based on your own experience: “If I had only known this back when…”
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