Name Instructor Course Date of Submission Fresnel Lens Discovery The Fresnel lens was discovered in 1819 by a French physicist named Augustin-Jean Fresnel. He served as a commissioner of light houses under the French Government (Levitt and Theresa 1). First‚ Fresnel developed a lighting system that consisted of reflector panels placed behind oil-lamps. However‚ this proved to be inefficient since it converted just about 3% of the total light emitted into useful light‚ which was insignificant (Levitt
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Projects and Systems Theory “The most pervasive intellectual tradition to project management is without doubt the systems approach” Unit Coordinator: David Baccarini Teaching Staff: Geoff Salm By Ben Westerberg 16832778 PART I –THEORY Describe the key fundamentals of systems theory Just about anything in life can viewed as having systems (Baccarini 2013). They can be found anywhere from within nature to anywhere in society and business. To better understand the principle of systems and the
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Name_____________pd____ What’s your lens? Take a look at the image below. Describe what you think it is? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What might determine what you see in the above shape? Is there a right answer? This illustrates the concept of CRITICAL LENSES. A LENS is the perspective we use to interpret and assign
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meaning of Contemporary approaches to management and to state which approach is important. The Four Contemporary approach includes quantitative manages behavior with organizational‚ theories‚ and sociotechnical theories. According to the chapter 2 in management I believe Snell and Bateman suggest “sociotechnical system theory have the right tools training and knowledge to make products and services that are valued by customers. “ I do believe these are great approaches‚ I believe the organizational
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carefully constructed version of reality. The documentary “Through a Blue Lens” (1999)‚ directed by Veronica Mannix‚ was created to showcase to teen aged students the less romanticised side of drugs‚ and presents three representations; drug addicts‚ the police and the down-town east side of Vancouver‚ known as “skid row”. The main group represented in “Through a Blue Lens” are drug addicts. In the documentary “Through a Blue Lens”‚ drug addicts are represented as people who can come from anywhere and
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Chapter 8 – Systems oriented theories 1. Introduction Rationale: Why corporate management might elect to voluntarily provide particular information to parties outside the organisation. (Page 250 & 251) Gray‚ Owen and Adams (1996): Legitimacy Theory and Stakeholder Theory are two theorietical perspectives that have been adopted by a number of researchers in recent years. The theories are sometimes referred to as “systems-oriented theories”. Within a systems-based perspective‚ the entity is assumed
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Feminist Lens on Hamlet The critical school our group will be discussing is feminism. The core ideas of this school is the equality of gender. When defined in the dictionary‚ it states that feminism is “The theory of the political‚ economic‚ and social equality of the sexes”. A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women. Malala Yousafzai‚ a young social justice leader‚ sums up the general passion felt by those who are members of this school when she said “W
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which humans must go through until they reach adulthood. These three development systems operate together in the affect of behavior. In this paper I will describe the interactions between the bio-psycho-social dimensions of development. Explain the concept of human diversity and cultural competence and explain the connection between general systems theory and social order. Comprehending the general systems theory and how it works‚ having cultural competency‚ and being able to understand the bio-psycho
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one’s true character is revealed.” In Ellen Foster‚ a book about a young foster child by Kaye Gibbons‚ Ellen faces many challenges. These challenges include the suicide of her mother‚ the abuse and unavoidable death of her father‚ and rejection from family members which led her to be moved from home to home. In the end‚ however‚ she learns that she’s never had “the hardest row to hoe” and proves that she is a survivor. I agree with this quote because of the major relevance it has in fictional Ellen’s
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us closer to something we want‚ we must make a go for it. As In Homers’‚ The Odyssey‚ and Nancy’s’‚ The House of The Scorpion‚ the main characters deal with personal loss and face many hardships‚ but finally reach to their own respected homes and families‚ safe and soundly. In Homers’‚ The Odyssey‚ the main character faces many hardships‚ but ultimately is successful by meeting and re-uniting with his loved ones. The idea which relates the quote with this book is that in The Odyssey‚ Odysseus faces
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