Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A goal is a desired state of affairs of a system. According to Eliyahu M. Goldratt, a business organization can have only one goal: Make money now and in the future. In general, the goal of any organization, commercial or not, can be stated as: Generate more throughput now and in the future. See also: goal (disambiguation page) References Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. ISBN 0884270610 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.