books about: operations     books:     Operations      The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox North River Press, 2004 Theory of Constraints / Operations Management This book is a novel with the purpose of instructing the reader in the theory of constraints. The book details how one should go about analyzing operations or any system to find, fix and/or optimize the overall structure and the overall process. It is about the ...             Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 Marcus Luttrell Back Bay Books, 2008 Awesome read! Hands down one of the best books I have ever read. This books should be part of the high school curriculum. The style of writing is easy to read but very detailed and draws you in so deep, you don't want to put it down. You've never felt so proud of the brave men and ...             CISSP Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 4th Ed. (All-in-One) Shon Harris McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2007 Wouldn't have passed without it! I can honestly say that if it weren't for this book I probably would not have passed my CISSP exam. Unlike other prep-guides, Shon engages the reader and keeps their attention. Also, this book doesn't read like a "read this book and pass an exam" book. It reads like a ...             Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton, ... Dutton Adult, 2008 Extensively detailed stories on the toys of spycraft... It's hard not to be fascinated with the James Bond spy persona, what with all the cool gadgets and such. But what is the reality behind spies and their techniques? Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda by Robert Wallace, H. ...             Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, ... Crown Business, 2002 Management Take Notice Execution is a must read for all Executives. So many in management have trouble making decisions for fear of the Old Boy Network politics. Larry Bossidy would have none of that, and changed out his Executive staff until he had one's who would EXECUTE!             Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia Steve Levine Random House, 2008 Compelling read that brings the news to life Putin's Labyrinth is the kind of book that only a journalist -- a particularly good journalist -- could write. It takes the news and pulls and prods at it, showing you how it turns on the actions of people, some ordinary, some extraordinary. I'd been mildly curious ...             Operations Management with Student DVD William J Stevenson McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006 Required Text for MBA class The text seems ok and is fairly easy to read.             VMware Infrastructure 3: Advanced Technical Design Guide and Advanced Operations Guide Scott Herold, Ron Oglesby, ... The Brian Madden Company, 2008 Your personal VMware consultant Last week while speaking at TechTarget's Advanced Enterprise Virtualization seminar, I was asked a question I get quite often - "What book do you recommend if we want to learn more?" The answer to that was easy. The audience consisted pretty much of senior level ...             The Six Sigma Handbook: The Complete Guide for Greenbelts, Blackbelts, and Managers at All Levels, Revised ... Thomas Pyzdek McGraw-Hill, 2003 "Six Sigma: The Complete Guide..." Well worth the money! As a former practitioner of Total Quality Management, Kaizen, Continuous Improvement, Just In Time, Total Productive Maintenance, etc. and, now, Six Sigma, I highly recommend the "Six Sigma: The Complete Guide..." to both newbie's wanting a broad and deep explanation ...             Data Analysis and Decision Making with Microsoft Excel, (with CD-ROM and Decision Tools and Statistic Tools ... S. Christian Albright, Wayne Winston, ... South-Western College Pub, 2008 No trouble with Excel I find the text and software a useful set of tools. It assumes familiarity with basic statistics and Excel, and builds on them to develop a powerfull ability to analize data and make decisions from it. I experienced no trouble with the software install or operation.             Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew Alex Kershaw Da Capo Press, 2008 An inspiring story.... As the son of a career sailor who served on submarines (USS Baya, SS-318, USS Menhaden, SS-377, and USS Segundo, SS-398) from the late 40's until his retirement in 1963, some of my earliest memories are of going to work with him and eating ice cream in the galley when ...             The Making of the Atomic Bomb Richard Rhodes Simon & Schuster, 1995 Outstanding Book Myself not being a scientist there were parts of this book that were hard to understand theoretically speaking, but the historical story the book brings forth is hard not to understand. Between the people making blind discoveries to educated guesses to scientific ...             Learning Perl, 5th Edition Randal Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008 very good book for anyone new to perl I recommend this book to anyone who is new to perl. The only thing I thought could have been better though was add more examples after each chapter. But other than that the book explains the basics very good.             An Introduction to Management Science: Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making (with CD-ROM and Crystal ... David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, ... South-Western College Pub, 2007 Necessary for class It may not be the best textbook in the world but its not the worst. Actually, I can't find anything wrong with it except for the coffee stain I left while studying. The text comes with a CD that contains Excel worksheets described in the book. Regardless of whether ...             The Shooters (Presidential Agent Novel) W.E.B. Griffin Putnam Adult, 2008 Sad, finished reading The Shooters, waiting for more? As always Griffin keeps adding to the list of excitement. Book hard to put down.          products you might be interested in search for books certification, improvement, infrastructure, introduction, presidential, quantitative      toavi.com    web we recommend Awesome read! randomly chosen book: When I'm Big: A Guess How Much I Love You Storybook (Guess How Much I Love ...