books about: constraints     books:     Constraints      Marriages and Families: Changes, Choices and Constraints (6th Edition) (MyFamilyLab Series) Nijole V. Benokraitis Prentice Hall, 2007 The most comprehensive book on contemporary families This is far more than a textbook. Filled with fascinating history and trends, this is a literary cornucopia on marriage, children, gender roles, dating, sexuality, and much more. Although written by a reknowned sociologist, the information can be equally utilized in a ...             Critical Chain : A Business Novel Eliyahu M. Goldratt North River Press, 1997 Starting Point for TOC Applied to Projects This book is about applying TOC to project management. After reading this book I understood why TOC for project management is not as straight forward as it might first appear. Not only are projects not repeatable like production assembly lines buts in a multi-project ...             Theory of Constraints Eliyahu M. Goldratt North River Press, 1999 Loved it - for software development! Software development is much like discrete manufacturing--as I learned from this great book. It's a tiny bit cheesy but the writing is ultimately effecting in cementing strong lessons for project and corporate management.             Beyond the Goal: Eliyahu Goldratt Speaks on the Theory of Constraints (Your Coach in a Box) Eliyahu Goldratt Your Coach in a Box, 2005 Pure genius This guy is a stinkin' genius. The concepts he lays out in this book make so much sense. I've already lent it out, and can't wait to get it back to listen to it again. He finds a way to lay out some pretty deep thoughts on TOC, but makes them easy to understand. I ...             The Logical Thinking Process: A Systems Approach to Complex Problem Solving H. William Dettmer Amer Society for Quality, 2007 Use this book to solve your difficult problem If you are serious about solving your difficult problem, there is no better starting point than Dettmer's book. That said, the process is not easy. You will identify the undesirable effects and construct diagrams to help you discover the root causes. You will identify ...             Thinking for a Change: Putting the TOC Thinking Processes to Use (St. Lucie Press/Apics Series on Constraints ... Lisa J. Scheinkopf CRC, 1999 Worth Way More Than [$] I really hesitated to pay [$] for a book that is not directly related to my profession, somewhat short, and had an unkown beneficial value. Being casually familiar with the thinking processes from It's Not Luck, I went ahead and bought the book. I'm not disappointed. ...             The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit Melvin Konner Holt Paperbacks, 2003 Outstanding If you read only one book about human behavior, this should be it. If you read many books about human behavior, this should be one of them. Prof. Konner is wise, he is erudite, he is literate, and he is humane. Rather than take one-sided positions or air only ...             Deming and Goldratt Domenico Lepore, Oded Cohen North River Press, 1999 There's always something to learn You may find it hard to believe, but this book actually teaches manager how to improve their business performance. Don't be afraid to spend your time reading it and enter Deming & Goldratt world, because it works.             Organizational Communication: Balancing Creativity and Constraint Eric M. Eisenberg, H.L. Goodall, ... Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006 Making Org Comm Understandable I am a communication graduate student, so I've read a lot of organization communication texts and readers. I've read my Weick, my Mumby, my Deetz, my Jablin, my Putnam & my Poole. While I would never suggest that anyone ever forgo reading primary sources, who can argue ...             Reaching The Goal: How Managers Improve a Services Business Using Goldratt's Theory of Constraints John Arthur Ricketts IBM Press, 2007 Reaching the Goal This is simply an outstanding book! Dr Ricketts brings unusual clarity of thought and writing style to this discussion of TOC concepts and the services business. I have read many TOC books. This is easily one of the top books in field. Beginning with an excellent ...             The Constraints of Desire: The Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece (New Ancient World Series) John J. Winkler Routledge, 1989 very interesting book It's a very readable and well researched book about the sex and gender in ancient Greece. I recommend it for everybody who is interested in the Greek history, gynaikologia, sexologia, and anthoropologia. The most interesting thesis for me is the Chapter 2. of Part One ...             Cash Machine Using Theory of Constraints for Sales Management Richard Klapholz, Alex Klarman North River Press, 2004 Cash Machine Using Theory of Constraints for Sales Management Great book!, a novel that show a practical way to use a TOC strategy in MKT & Sales. If you are on TOC, you know its effects on operations, now this books guide you in an approach in SALES.             Agile Management for Software Engineering: Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results (Coad ... David J. Anderson Prentice Hall PTR, 2003 Metrics for agile software development The text gives a good explantion of agile practices and theory. It looks closely at three agile development methods : Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), and Feature Driven Development (FDD), with an emphasis on FDD. One of Anderson's key points is although agile ...             Throughput Accounting Thomas Corbett North River Press, 1998 Helpful book People who did not understand the message, find the Throughput Accounting a useless framework. But if you are a smart and open mind person, this book is for you. The theory is very well explained illustrating an alternative path to the old and nosense cost accounting. ...             Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints (Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics) Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Louis N. Irwin Springer, 2008 Useful insights on the potential for life elsewhere This is not a comprehensive astrobiology text. Instead, it pursues a few key topics to a depth rarely found in other works. 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