In dit boek past Eliyahu Goldratt de TOC (Theory Of Constraints)-principes toe op projectmanagement. Hij doet dit in de vorm van een roman, een benaderingswijze die in 'Het doel' al bijzonder effectief bleek. 'De zwakste schakel' is een vlot geschreven business-roman die gaat over hoe projecten succesvol kunnen worden afgerond, binnen de gestelde tijd en het budget en zonder compromissen.

Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage.

He has ninety days to save his plant - or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days - Jonah - to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done. Described by Fortune as a 'guru to industry' and by Businessweek as a '...