EST 393- Project Management Instructor: Ed Palacio Eduardo.Palacio@stonybrook.edu Spring 2015 Required Text and Materials: Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage‚ 3rd Ed. by J. Pinto Prentice-Hall. Supplemental – not a requirement – Project Management Institute (PMI) – A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) – fifth edition Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Objective and Contents This course is designed to help
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Summary: In this reading‚ we got to know how Frederick Winslow Taylor’s scientific management theory enabled Ford to develop the assembly line and successfully realize his goal of bringing car travel to the masses. During the early 20th century‚ Frederick Winslow Taylor developed a number of management and organizational theories that led to significant breakthroughs in business practices. Since that era‚ levels of industrial manufacturing have grown exponentially throughout much of the world. Taylor’s
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Kant: No Mao! War can never be morally right. When Superman decided to fight Luther that is when he committed an immoral act. I think that Superman is a moral character because all rational beings would do the same and use their superpowers to save others. Mao nods to Kant and reaches to the middle of the table to grab the book. Mao: *whispers to himself: Superman: Red Son” * Darwin: What did you say Mao? Mao: I just realized that my communist party was symbolized by the Red Sun and the title
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Kant: Goodness The philosopher I used is Immanuel Kant. He was very practical in his thinking of goodness. A quote of his was "I ought‚ therefore I can". His view was good anything is under good will . He believed good will was the primary goodness‚ good in its purest form‚ and that it couldn’t be corrupted. Good feelings and good intentions and actions can be interpreted in different ways; man can corrupt these things into evil...even though it still might be good in that man’s eyes
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Paper 1 Question 1 One of the most significant philosophers in today’s world by the name of Immanuel Kant established an ethical theory with Utilitarianism. Kant’s moral theory was identified as difficult to learn‚ but once understood people understanding it must know the necessities as well. I will be explaining an argument that can support these views‚ as well as disprove them. One formula that Kant uses is the Formula of the End in Itself. We must recognize what it initially means to treat a person
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Emanuel Kant Kant says in the first portion of the story is that the one thing in the world that is not clearly good is the "good will." Qualities of character (wit‚ intelligence‚ courage‚ etc.) or qualities of good fortune (wealth‚ status‚ good health) can be used to either good or bad purposes. By contrast‚ a good will is good by its nature‚ even if its efforts fail to bring about positive results. THE GOOD WILL AND DUTY The specific obligations of a good will are called "duties." There are
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CASE STUDY: FORD MOTOR COMPANY Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness of Ford Motor Company “This is everything. It’s heritage. It’s children’s future. It’s everything tied up into one. Failure is not an option.” - Jr. CEO‚ Ford Motor Company The global marketplace is faced with different challenges that affect its overall management and operations. Various pressures on the internal and external conditions such as the unstable world and local economies‚ the workforce‚ the customers
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1. Name and outline one theory of social change. The Conflict Theory of social change centers upon the premise that radical change in society is constant and inevitable‚ as existing social conditions will always contain the beginnings for a different future. The conflict theory has its origins in the writings of Karl Marx. Working in the late nineteenth century‚ Marx believed that all societies were primarily influenced by their economic base‚ and specifically by the relationships that exist between
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Born in 1724‚ Immanuel Kant became an extremely important Prussian philosopher. His parents were poor as he grew up‚ and were part of a strict religious group – a protestant group known as Pietism. When he was sixteen‚ Kant went to university in Prussia and received the equivalent of a doctoral degree by the age of 31. He taught as a professor of logic and mathematics at the university and was an extremely popular lecturer‚ because people wanted to hear what he had to say. He wrote several notable
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Challenging RN-BSN Students To Apply Orem’s Theory To Practice Susan Davidson‚ EdD‚ RN Abstract: It is a challenge to engage RN-BSN students in learning to apply nursing theory. In associate degree nursing programs‚ nursing theory is barely mentioned and not discussed in detail. This paper reports the experience of one university nursing program that adopted Dorothea Orem’s nursing theory as the basis for its curriculum. The RNs were introduced to Orem’s theory in their first course. Subsequent
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