International Journal of Business and Management August‚ 2008 Projects and Their Management: A Literature Review Guru Prakash Prabhakar Bristol Business School University of the West of England Coldharbour Lane‚ Frenchay Campus Bristol- BS16 1QY‚ UK Tel: 44-117-328-3461 E-mail: guru.prabhakar@uwe.ac.uk Abstract Over the years and more importantly in the recent past projects have been used as a delivery mechanism to do business and accomplish objectives. No wonder it has become
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Wendy Smith Literature Review and Appraisal of Evidence Weber State University Literature Review and Appraisal of Evidence PICO Question: For pregnant women considering breastfeeding (P)‚ does a prenatal breastfeeding course (I)‚ as compared to not attending a prenatal breastfeeding course (C) affect the length of exclusive and successful breastfeeding (O)? Part I: Identification of Research Evidence Article #1: Shu-Shan‚ L.‚ Li-Yin‚ C.‚ Chen-Jei‚ T.‚ & Ching-Fang‚ L. (2008). Effectiveness of a
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Why write a literature review? New discoveries don’t materialise out of nowhere; they build upon the findings of previous experiments and investigations. A literature review shows how the investigation you are conducting fits with what has gone before and puts it into context. A literature review demonstrates to your reader that you are able to: Understand and critically analyse the background research Select and source the information that is necessary to develop a context for your research It
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KFC spreading its wings and more throughout China By Ted Anthony The Associated Press BEIJING - The late Colonel Harland Sanders‚ whose bearded‚ down-home visage adorns chicken restaurants from Kentucky to Karachi‚ is headed for a new frontier: the mountains of Tibet. There’s more: The Mexican-style fast food of the Taco Bell chain will expand across China in the near future. Pizza Hut will step up its home deliveries. And KFC’s already imposing presence in the world’s most populous country
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expected return from individual securities carries some degree of risk. Risk was defined as the standard deviation around the expected return. In effect we equated a security’s risk with the variability of its return. More dispersion or variability about a security’s expected return meant the security was riskier than one with less dispersion. The simple fact that securities carry differing degrees of expected risk leads most investors to the notion of holding more than one security at a time‚ in
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Sarhad J. Agric. Vol.27‚ No.1‚ 2011 103 REVIEW OF PAST LITERATURE ON AGRICULTURE CREDIT IN RURAL AREA OF PAKISTAN NAUSHAD KHAN*‚ MALIK MUHAMMAD SHAFI*‚ MUSAWAR SHAH****‚ ZIAUL ISLAM***‚ MOHAMMAD ARIF***‚ RUKHSANA JAVED**‚ and NAEEM SHAH* * ** *** **** Institute of Development Studies‚ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University‚ Peshawar – Pakistan. Department of Economics‚ Jinnah College for Women‚ University of Peshawar – Pakistan. Institute of Business Management & Computer Sciences‚ Khyber
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A GOOD LITERATURE REVIEW? You should use the literature to explain your research - after all‚ you are not writing a literature review just to show what other researchers have done. You aim should be to: ➢ Show why your research needs to be carried out‚ ➢ How you came to choose certain methodologies or theories to work with‚ ➢ How your work adds to the research already carried out‚ etc. What is the purpose of a Literature Review? The purpose of a literature review is to convey
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HEAT AND DEHYDRATION LITERATURE REVIEWS 1 Literature Review #1 By Josh Schreck A Review of “Exerciseinduced dehydration with and without environmental heat stress results in increased oxidative stress” Summary: This experiment and its results are very important for understanding the effect of heat on dehydration and their relationship. Many 90minute cycling trials were performed‚ with different combinations of temperature and hydration status. While all trials presented cellular stress
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE (Michael S. Lane‚ Gerald L. Blakely‚ 1990): Management development programmes are increasingly being studied and evaluated‚ regarding their efficiency and effectiveness. Presents the results of a survey of 155 directors and vice-presidents of personnel and human resource management departments regarding the current status of their management development programmes. The results indicate that management development programmes do not seem to differentiate between levels of
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Psychology Writing Center 3937 15th Avenue NE Box 351525 Phone: 206.685.8278 psywc@u.washington.edu http://depts.washington.edu/psywc/handouts.shtml Writing a Psychology Literature Review There are two main approaches to a literature review in psychology. One approach is to choose an area of research‚ read all the relevant studies‚ and organize them in a meaningful way. An example of an organizing theme is a conflict or controversy in the area‚ where you might first
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