Resource 11. TRAINING MODULE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT (Created by the Institute for Development Management‚ Botswana for the NGO Institute‚ STF. (Some materials in this module have been extracted from “A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge‚ 3rd. edition‚ 2004) What is a project? “A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.” The Three P’s [pic] Working definition of project management Project management is the application of knowledge
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What is power? -Having control over others -Ability to make decisions - “Top of the food chain” -Ability to take charge -Affecting other people Definition: Ability to act or produce an effect Legal or official authority‚ capacity‚ or right Possession of control‚ authority‚ or influence over others Physical might Mental or moral efficacy Political control or influence Think of someone you believe is powerful. What makes him/her powerful? My mom is powerful because she has the
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What is professionalism? Essentially we like to think that it just means to be professional in a professional environment. Although that may be true‚ there a lot more that goes into it. Honestly the focus is how to be professional in the military and what it means to be a Soldier. The reason being is that we often forget that the army is also a business and with the army being a business we need to present our selves in a professional manner. But to answer the question of “what is professionalism
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To be an effective leader‚ one needs to develop some specific skills but one also needs to understand the context in which one lives‚ works and interacts. Thus‚ during the course‚ we will not only discuss the individual skills you need to have in order to manage people and work in high-performing teams‚ but we will also try to understand the organizational context – e.g. organizational culture‚ how to introduce and manage change in organizations. This course addresses fundamental management
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a) How do information technologies contribute to the business success of Sew What? Inc.? Give several examples from the case regarding the business value of information technology that demonstrates this conclusion. Ans: Sew What? Inc.‚ a small company founded in 1992 by Megan Duckett from Australia‚ is a theatrical drapery manufacturing company. It was the business operated in tiny home kitchen and specializes in making custom theatrical draperies and fabrics for stages. Initially‚ she has grown
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Nicole Dale 6/12/10 Humanities Masterpiece final What is a masterpiece anyways and who depicted what makes a piece of art a masterpiece and what doesn’t? As stated in our book a masterpiece is a work that in style‚ execution and resonance far exceeds what other artists were doing at the same time. A masterpiece is also something that can always stand on its own and it will find admirers in any age. To me a masterpiece is something that accomplishes inner emotion in the viewer as the exterior
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1. What is ethics? What is morality? Ethics is the philosophical study of morality. Morality refers to the belief of right and wrong‚ good and bad‚ beliefs that can include judgments‚ values‚ rules‚ principles and theories. 2. In what ways are we forced to do ethics? What is at stake in these deliberations? A person is forced to do ethics every time they exam any feeling‚ choice‚ or action concerning right or wrong. The thing that is at stake when doing ethics is a person’s values.
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What is wisdom? I would like to start with a quote of Socrates in which he says: „True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life‚ ourselves‚ and the world around us. „ I think wisdom is learning through experience. Like when we love someone and realize he or she is not what we wanted‚ not what we exceptet we learn what we don’t want‚ eventhough we still might not know what we want. I think all of our wisdom consists of things we know that are not good for
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What is a Yankee? To most of the world‚ a Yankee is an American‚ anybody who lives in the United States. It is not always a pleasant connotation; in fact‚ "Yankee‚ go home!" calls up images of angry Latin American mobs protesting the oppression of American imperialist policies. To most Americans‚ though‚ the word Yankee means either the pin-striped New York baseball team or the Northern forces in the American Civil War‚ the soldiers from north of the Mason-Dixon Line. In time‚ though‚ the idea
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What is Geography Week 2 Geographic Thought and History I have always thought that geography was the study of land‚ how it was formed and where it will be in years to come. I have realized that there is more to geography than this. A literal translation of geography would be "to describe or write about the Earth" (“What is Geography: 2012). The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes‚ who was an ancient Greek. Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge
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