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  <title><![CDATA[The Goal]]></title>
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  <default-description>Over 2 million copies sold!  Used by thousands of companies and hundreds of business schools!  Required reading for anyone interested in the Theory of Constraints.  This book, which introduces the Theory of Constraints, is changing how America does business.  The Goal is a gripping, fast-paced business novel about overcoming the barriers to making money.  You will learn the fundamentals of identifying and solving the problems created by constraints.  From the moment you finish the book you will be able to start successfully addressing chronic productivity and quality problems.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1984</original-publication-year>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best process improvement novel I've seen, this classic work explains the all-important Theory of Constraints through real life examples and a surprisingly good story.  Most books of this nature are exceptionally unrealistic, but this one manages to keep the reader engaged, which is key for an in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4621977">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Goldratt introduces the Theory of Constraints via this entertaining novel.  I think this book is excellent if you are new to Operations.  And I think the approach of telling a story rather reading a traditional text book is a good format.  <br/><br/>It demonstrates why many traditional measurement...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39193281">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Oct 08 12:41:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is THE book that will improve your business<br/><br/>I have lost count of the number of people to whom I have recommended this book. Whatever area of management you find yourself in, and at every level from business studies student to CEO and CFO, you are bound to pick up something useful fro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73882279">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2000</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a classic for those in the performance industry. A great business novel that puts he concepts of capacity planning in common terms and situations that the lay person can understand.<br/><br/>As the World's largest implementer of Product Management Technology and Solutions, RYMA has experie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73883164">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41517108">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jan 01 13:43:06 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started reading this book a few years ago, but, like so many, got 3/4 through it, put it down and haven't picked it up again. Amazing novel with business implications talking about he process of ongoing improvement and we are only as strong as our weakest link. Uses great scenarios of hiking, bott...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41517108">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76118805">
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this for work.  Well, I guess I didn't <em>have</em> to, but they suggested it, so I thought it best to read it.  It was actually pretty decent for a business book.<br/><br/>Most of the ides presented in <em>The Goal</em> seem like common sense, but apparently the manufacturing industry in the U.S. wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76118805">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12421633">
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1988</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 13 14:58:19 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 28 03:18:20 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book changed my professional life. It was and is one of the most counter-intuitive theories about process that I had ever seen. THE GOAL introduced radical organizational change based upon five propositions identified as the theory of constraints ( TOC ). Goldratt's thinking has since been abso...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12421633">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="9664843">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 28 12:00:14 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 29 10:44:55 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a required reading for one of the courses I'm taking now (Operations Management), and despite the assurances of the teacher and one of the classmates who already read it, who said it was highly readable, novel-type book, I was skeptical. I'm not liking this Operations Management class.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9664843">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4588322">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Feb 08 19:38:41 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Originally given to me by my former employer, this book sat around and collected dust until I decided to give it a shot months ago. It's a fictional tale narrated in 1st person by a plant manager, who has 3 months to turn things around before his plant is closed due to poor performance.<br/><br/>T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4588322">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44289108">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 25 10:31:06 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[So this really is a Manufacturing/Management lesson in the form of a novel.  Very interesting (especially for the nerdy-engineering-type like me) lesson on managing manufacturing (and making money) based on the constraints that you have in your process.<br/><br/>This book is probably not for every...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44289108">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54085470">
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fabulous book on Total Quality Management and working as a team. I read this book in college for a business class and then picked it up again several years later to re-read. I author wrote this book in story format rather than as a typical business book. I feel I got more out of the book b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54085470">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41710696">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a required reading for a lot of business majors but was recommended to me by my older brother.  I found this book reads like a story about a factory manager who transforms how american factories solve production problems.  At first I thought I would hate reading something about that. It...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41710696">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65699623">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are not into business, operations, process improvement, etc.. you probably won't enjoy this book. However, if you like reading stories about people over coming their difficulties (with a strong business flavor), then you will probably like this book. This turns a lecture about the theory of c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65699623">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56476065">
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  <read_at>Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was interesting.  A light pleasant read with an entertaining story about a plant manager trying to turn his plant around.  It was written to illustrate what we would call today &quot;green manufacturing&quot; but in the 80's it was new concepts on how to optimize the work floor.  It applie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56476065">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54107479">
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    <body><![CDATA[An exceptional business book presented as a novel.  The reader encounters the challenges and opportunities presented by situations and decisions right along with the main character.  While primarily about business operations, the lessons and epiphanies (yes, epiphanies!) of this book are applicable ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54107479">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45996346">
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 10 19:50:37 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[It seemed odd at first, as this is written as if it is a fiction novel.  It is an easy read, just like a drama.   However, as you read this, you naturally learn how to think about business processes, mentor-ship, staff management, and personal life.  Well written book.  I want to write something lik...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45996346">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was recommended to me by my husband, who was an economics major and is currently getting his MBA in operations, so needless to say, I was SKEPTICAL when he asked me to read this book and guaranteed that I would like it.  Not only did I like it, I LOVED it!  I mean, who wouldn't find the op...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29021252">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is fantastically useful if you meet each of the following criteria:<br/><br/>1. You live in the Rust Belt.<br/>2. You are the manager of a failing manufacturing plant.<br/>3. Your domestic life is falling apart.<br/>4. You love pizza and beer.<br/>5. You know nothing about cost accounting....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42063242">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's kind of hard to describe 'The Goal' because it basically belongs to its own genre.   The book is essentially one long parable about managing a system (business) for optimal performance, written in the Socratic mode.  It sounds much worse than it is, I assure you, and it's a pretty easy read.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26535376">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Thu Mar 26 03:15:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book that I actually studied for my MBA from the perspectiive of Operations Research. I found the book very easy to read and very down to earth in the way the ideas have been presented. It almost seems like it is a fictional novel. I read it again recently and recommend the book to everyon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50491905">more...</a>]]></body>
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