UNCERTAINTY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT: BEYOND THE CRITICAL PATH MENTALITY Arnoud De Meyer1)‚ Christoph H. Loch2)‚ Michael T. Pich3) 1) Professor of Technology Management‚ INSEAD (arnoud.de.meyer@insead.edu.sg) 2) Associate Professor of Technology Management‚ INSEAD (christoph.loch@insead.fr) 3) Assistant Professor of Technology Management‚ INSEAD (michael.pich@insead.edu.sg) Keywords: project management‚ uncertainty‚ project profiles Abstract Project management is often
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CHANGE: LEADING THROUGH TRANSITION‚ AMBIGUITY AND UNCERTAINTY There are many metaphors for change. I had been challenged one time at my church gathering to view change as a journey‚ from one place to another. It is easier to focus on where the journey started‚ and finally where it ended and forget any lessons learned while travelling. I have often heard it said‚ “When one door closes‚ another one opens”. What they don’t tell you‚ is that between the closed door and the open one is a long dark
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Effect of Stimulus Uncertainty of Card Sorting on Response Time Queens College City University of New York Method Participants The participants of the card sort experiment‚ were twenty-one psychology students enrolled in psychology 213W. Four of the students were male and seventeen of the remaining students were female. Students participated in this experiment to satisfy a course requirement. Setting The experiment took place in room 337‚ the experimental
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Uncertainty and the Gothic Aristotle was convinced that in any drama‚ the critical element was suspense. In his definition‚ in order for it to have any chance of being a successful method‚ there had to be distinct components of real danger but also a glimmer of hope. Once the character in the narrative is consumed by the danger‚ the audience feels fear‚ despair‚ empathy. Once the hope prevails‚ the audience is driven to joy‚ with the contrast between the two emotions heightening the experience
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conflict between two complicated characters in a transparent way through their ‘merry war’ of derision‚ which often descents into a brawl of weaponly words like ‘you are a rare parrot-teacher’ – the pomposity of which camouflages their raw doubts and uncertainties. “He lent me it a while‚ and I gave him use for it. A double heart for his single one.” In this quotation‚ it appears that Beatrice has peeled away her malicious mask to reveal a small insight into her past with Benedick. ‘He lent me it awhile’
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LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA : COPING WITH UNCERTAINTY INTRODUCTION TO CASE The year 1996 was a significant one for the pension fund business in India. Till then‚ by virtue of Section 30 of LIC Act‚ 1956‚ only the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) was authorized to transact life insurance business and the pension business was treated as a part of life insurance business according to the provision of the Insurance Act‚ 1938. In 1996 Government of India made a momentous decision to allow the
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Effective Nurse-Patient Communication during Uncertainty in Illness Effective Nurse-Patient Communication during Uncertainty in Illness The Healthy People 2020 initiative includes goals to increase the number of patients who report that their healthcare providers listened to them carefully to 65% and increase the number of patients who report that their healthcare provider explained things so they could understand them to 66% (United States Department of Health and Human Services‚ 2010)
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The Effects of Uncertainty on Social Food Preference Among Rats Brittany Hiben Radford University Author Note This paper is being submitted to Dr. Willner on 12/08/11 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Psychology 434 Research in Learning. The Effect of Uncertainty on Social Food Preferences in Long-Evans Rats The present study investigates the effects of uncertain environments on social food preferences among male Long-Evans rats. Exposure to an uncertain environment that potentially
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THE MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IN THE OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT SERVICE INDUSTRY We explore how the macroeconomic fluctuation can really affect the performance of a company. We analyze the companies of the oil and gas equipment service industry: FMC Technologies‚ NOV‚ and Schlumberger. We use the MUST Analysis in order to discover what were the macroeconomic variables that really affects our companies’ performance‚ the magnitude‚ and the direction of the variables with the performance. The data sources
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Emotion 2010‚ Vol. 10‚ No. 2‚ 257–265 © 2010 American Psychological Association 1528-3542/10/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0018489 Emotion Regulation and Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty Renata M. Heilman and Liviu G. Cris¸an Daniel Houser Babes¸-Bolyai University George Mason University Mircea Miclea and Andrei C. Miu Babes¸-Bolyai University It is well established that emotion plays a key role in human social and economic decision making. The recent literature on emotion regulation (ER)
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