Sample Rhodes Scholarship Personal Statement—Student #1 Soaked in sweat‚ I sat deep in thought on the small mound of sand and broken rocks in northern Kenya‚ where 1.7 million years ago a desperately ill Homo erectus woman had died. Her death had entranced me for years. KNM-ER 1808 had died of Hypervitaminosis A‚ wherein an overdose of Vitamin A causes extensive hemorrhaging throughout the skeleton and excruciating pain. Yet a thick rind of diseased bone all over her skeleton—ossified blood
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Personal Ethical Statement While reading over the results for my “Ethical Lens Inventory” I learned that my preferred lens is Rights and Responsibility and Relationship lens. This means that I use rationality to determine the rules that each individual should follow and the different ways to solve problems that are fair for everyone. I like everything to be equal. My “Blind spot” is the belief that motive justifies method or overconfidence in process. Basically‚ I want to follow the
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I have a strong interest in business management as I was influenced by my family’s business from a very young age. The motivation of choosing this course is that I know my families do not have any business education background and they did it without any stress. Because of the consequence‚ I would like to take this challenge course and be the third generation to take part of my family’s business. This challenging area has always fascinated me to study hard and to graduate from college in order to
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Personal Ethics Statement Personal ethics is what an individual believes about morality and right and wrong. My ethics are personal beliefs and morals that reflect and define the person I am. My ethical perspective that was identified by the Ethical Lens Inventory was each of the lens (rationality‚ autonomy‚ sensibility‚ equality) equally. As a result of this‚ I have no blind spot. I have a mature ability to use and adapt the right tools in a given situation. I value autonomy and equality equally
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The Role of the Project Manager A project manager is the person who has the overall responsibility for the successful initiation‚ planning‚ design‚ execution‚ monitoring‚ controlling and closure of a project. The job title is used in construction‚ petrochemical‚ architecture‚ information technology and many different industries that produce products and services. The project manager must have a combination of skills including an ability to ask penetrating questions‚ detect unstated assumptions
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Personal Ethics Statement University of Phoenix Personal ethics statement When I start it attending this class I did not have a clue what personal ethics meant‚ but now after the nine weeks of me attending this class I have learned a lot of new things like the meaning of personal ethics. Now I know that personal ethics is the way in which you do and look at things‚ in other words it is what you live by and who you are as person and what kind of person you want or would be like. I consider myself
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Personal Goal Statement Some kids play sports in high school. Others are in the band‚ take roles in theater‚ or members of the debate team. Myself‚ I did not so any of those things‚ because‚ since middle school‚ my life has been fully devoted to practicing my passion for agriculture and preparing for an eventual career in the industry. I never had time for orchestra rehearsals or scrimmages‚ I was either out in the barn or in the pens in the field‚ or at plant ID practice‚ livestock judging
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Project Management Concepts OPS 571 April 8‚ 2014 Professor Arun Iyengar Project Management Concepts Abstract Project management involves the planning‚ directing‚ and supervision of resources (people‚ materials‚ equipment) to perform a specific project. Three elements of a project includes the organizational structure‚ the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and the Statement of Work (SOW). This paper will describe the three structuring projects associated with a project which includes Pure Project
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Having a personal cash flow statement helps me to organize me finances by allowing me to see where exactly my money is going. I can see the area in which I really do not have to spend as much. For instance‚ housing expenses and transportation would be the priority for me. As much as I love to go out to the movies‚ I would have to cut down on my entertainment expenses. The most interesting thing I learned about completing this worksheet was discovering that most of the time I am spending more
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My research projects and my degree in Biological Sciences has prepared me for a quantitative role. Although I do not have a degree in Business‚ my minor in Business provided me with a solid foundation on various effective business practices. In order to fully immerse myself in the field of business‚ I am currently interning at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as a Management and Program Assistant. I have experience writing and presenting
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