Biography - Eliyahu Goldratt

Eliyahu Goldratt and the Theory of Constraints

By the time Goldratt's first book, The Goal was commercially published in 1986 over 100,000 privately printed copies had been sold without benefit of advertising, or much in the way of publicity. The copies produced since then now number in the millions and the book was #9 on the Financial Post's list of best selling management books in the Fall of 1998. While it is rare that a business book sells that many copies, it is even rarer when the book happens to be a novel.

The purpose of this brief guide is to quickly direct you to the Goldratt books that are available here at Western and to lead you to other material relating generally to what has become known as the "Theory of Constraints" (TOC). The official home page of the Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute is found at http://www.goldratt.com. This site contains useful information about Goldratt and his works.

New: "An Introduction to the TOC Thinking Process" by Dongxiao Qiu
(for the Ross Clouston Scholarship, 2001)

This essay was written by the recipient of the "Ross Clouston Fellowship" for 2001. Candidates for the award are required to make a contribution to the intellectual capital of the Richard Ivey School of Business by producing a paper, case, or similar project. Mr. Qiu's submission on the "TOC" is provided here.

Books by Eliyahu Goldratt

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement BUS PR9797.I859G64G6 2004

Necessary But Not Sufficient BUS PR9797.I859G64N43 2000

Critical Chain BUS PR9797.I859G64C75 1997
For a review of this work see "Bringing Discipline to Project Management", Harvard Business Review, Mar/Apr. 1998.

It's Not Luck PR9797.I859G64I87 1994

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement BUS PR9797.I859G64G6 1992

The Haystack Syndrome: Sifting Information out of the Data Ocean HD30.3.G64 1990

What is This Thing Called Theory of Constraints and How Should it Be Implemented? BUS HF5548.8.G647 1990

The Race BUS HD40.G65 1986

Related Works on The Theory of Constraints

Profitability With No Boudaries: Optimizing TOC, Lean, Six Sigma Results BUS HD69.T46P57 2011
By: Reza M. Pirasteh

Theory of Constraints Handbook BUS stack HD69.T46T446 2010
Edited by: James F. Cox III & John G. Schleier Jr; Introduction by: Eliyahu M. Goldratt

The Ultimate Improvement Cycle: Maximizing Profits Through the Integration of Lean, Six Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints BUS stack HD38.5.S63 2009   By: Robert Sproull

Throughput Accounting: A Guide to Constraint Management BUS stack HD69.T46B73 2007
By: Steven M. Bragg

Constraint Theory: Multidimensional Mathematical Model Management TAY stack TA168.F75 2005
By: George J. Friedman

Management Dynamics: Nerging Constraints Accounting to Drive Improvement BUS stack HF5657.4.C375 2004
By: John A. Caspari & Pamela Caspari

The World of the Theory of Constraints: A Review of the International Literature TS155.M264 2000
By: Victoria J. Mabin & Steven J. Balderstone

Breaking the Constraints to World-Class Performance HD69.T46.D48 1998
By: Dettmer, H. William

Goldratt's Theory of Constraints: A Systems Approach to Continuous Improvement. HF5548.8.D4855 1997
By: Dettmer, H. William

Unconstrained organisations: managing sustainable change. HD69.T46H88 2001
By: Ted Hutchin

Securing the Future: Strategies for Exponential Growth Using the Theory of Constraints. HD69.T46K44 1997
By: Gerald I. Kendall

Introduction to the Theory of Constraints (TOC) Management System BUS stack HD69.T46M38 1998
By: Thomas B. McMullen 

Project Management in the Fast Lane: Applying the Theory of Constraints. HD69.P75N484 1998
By: Robert C.Newbold

The Theory of Constraints and Its Implications for Management Accounting. HF5657.4.N67 1995
By: Eric Noreen

Thinking for a Change: Putting the TOC Thinking Processes to Use. BUS stack HD69.T46S33 1999
By: Lisa J.Scheinkopf

The measurement nightmare: how the theory of constraints can resolve conflicting strategies, policies, and measures HD69.T46S65 2000   By: Debra Smith