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Title: No Contest : The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn ISBN: 0-395-63125-4 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 12 November, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Kohn¿s Non-cooperative Stance Against Competition
Comment: Alfie Kohn's competing view to America's sacrosanct blind obsession with competition is well researched and articulated. Although Kohn provides a powerful argument against competition, it is unfortunate that he provides no advice on how this stance can cooperate and thrive peacefully in tandem with the practice of competition...
Rating: 5
Summary: URGENT-please read immediately!
Comment: A must read for everyone raised in a competitve society like America,and most emphatically for each and every American.
Can not recommend this book enough
Rating: 5
Summary: Warning: this book could change your life
Comment: A friend recommended this to me because it changed her life. It is changing mine as well. Like the fish who has suddenly become aware of the water around him, I have become aware of the competitive environment in which we live - and how that environment is slowly poisoning us.
Kohn defines competition as "mutually exclusive goal attainment" - a situation where someone wins only if others lose. This type of structure, by its very nature, erodes human relationships. Kohn is not asking us to do away with incentives or tests - he is asking us to stop using them to determine a "winner." Kohn shows that people in a cooperative setting will attain a goal with more efficiency and creativity than people in a competitive setting.
But what about market competitiveness and the benefits for consumers? Yes, but think of the goal, the driving force behind this: making more money than the next company. That means polluting the environment (cleaner is usually more expensive), exploiting workers (the so-called minimum wage is not enough for anyone to live on), and even committing fraud. As Kohn explains, the nature of competition means that the goal becomes the most important thing. Everything else is merely an obstacle; everyone else an enemy.
Sometimes I wish I hadn't read this book - it has thrown my view of the world upside down and made me question my work at a management consulting company. But I realize this is just the initial discomfort one feels after walking out of a dark room into the sunlight. The glare may hurt at first, but after your eyes have adjusted, you appreciate the new world you see around you. This book may hurt at first, but give it a chance and see if it doesn't change your world and your relationships for the better.
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Title: Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn ISBN: 0618001816 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: What to Look for in a Classroom: And Other Essays by Alfie Kohn ISBN: 0787952834 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Schools Our Children Deserve : Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" by Alfie Kohn ISBN: 0618083456 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Brighter Side of Human Nature: Altruism and Empathy in Everyday Life by Alfie Kohn ISBN: 0465007589 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: April, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community by Alfie Kohn ISBN: 0871202700 Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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