- Paperback: 181 pages
- Publisher: Gower Publishing Ltd; New edition edition (21 Sep 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0566076535
- ISBN-13: 978-0566076534
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.2 x 1.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,182,830 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Bargain: A Pearl of Wisdom for under US$20
13 Jun 2002
Format:Paperback
The Race is the most accessible presentation of the Theory of Constraints as applied to production. All the key concepts are right here with a handful of presentation slides on the right hand pages and talking points on the left hand pages. You'll even have plenty of room for notes. As an added bonus, there are five simple exercises which let you test how well you understand what you read.
There is a best way to read this book! Read it this way ...
- Get about 10-20 sheets of paper and a pencil.
- On 5-10 sheets of paper, work the five exercises in the back.
- DO NOT mark on the exercise pages.
- DO NOT check your answers, yet.
- Read the book.
- On 5-10 more sheets of paper, work the exercises, AGAIN.
Yes, do them over, really. Do not let your first try
influence the second attempt.
- DO NOT mark on the exercise pages.
- Check all your answers against the official answers.
- Think about what you learned.
- Share these instructions and The Race with a colleague.
Failing to exploit the exercises makes it too easy to convince yourself that you already knew all that obvious stuff. If you lead or manage an organization, you should get at least four of these quick and easy exercises right on the first try. If you believe what you think you learned during your MBA, you will probably miss most of them the first time through.
No exercise is difficult. Each is a microcosim of a typical business situation. None requires math more complex than arithmetic. None requires special business knowledge. Yet, if you think conventionally without considering the barriers to success, you will miss all five of them.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Illustration for understanding.
17 Feb 2001
Format:Paperback
Some books show you the text, some books show you illustration. "The Race" is an illustration of "The Goal (Goldratt)". Some people may like the Novel style of the goal but some people may need more illustration of it and The Race is what you're looking for. I see The Race is not only a good companion of The Goal, but it can be used as "Class material" as well. The DBR illustration is clearly stated and I don't think I can see any illustration of The Goal production system better than this book. Goldratt may consider to put some figures from The Race in the new edition of The Goal to make the Goal the perfect book of production system novel.
57 of 66 people found the following review helpful
nothing new
14 Oct 1998
Format:Paperback
The race is nothing more than The Goal with the fluff stripped off. There is no details to support Goldratt's theories. There is a stunning lack of any specific examples. While The Goal is an excellent work, The Race appears to be nothing more than the outline used. This book would be better used in the classroom to support The Goal as a text book.
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