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Of the myriad of articles that could be potentially assigned to students, my selections would center on the most practical and pragmatic aspects of project management. I'd also orient the articles more to case studies and away from the highly theoretically based, equation-centric studies of product management constraint theory and modeling. I'd want to infuse a sense of enthusiasm and insight into how project management is transforming enterprise globally and making them more competitive in the process. With criterion in mind the first article would be a study of how project management was able to completely turn around a major telecommunications network project and get it back on track and achieved in the city of Los Angeles (Imam, Dhillon, 1989). This case study brings the very pragmatic aspects of how project management theories can transform the most complex and cost-constrained projects, taking what would surely be a failed initiative and making it successful. The successful completion of the telecommunications network throughout Los Angeles in this first article shows what's possible with project management techniques and strategies applied to very complex, potentially challenging situations. In keeping with this case-based approach to showing the value of project management, the second article centers on how European Aerospace plc was able to also transform its core operations and stay competitive in turbulent markets as a result of successful project management planning, execution and continual monitoring (Quayle, 1999). What makes this second article such an excellent study for anyone looking to teach project management is the coverage of concepts, frameworks and advanced scheduling techniques while also concentrating on customer-centered growth of the business (Quayle, 1999). Staying customer-centric is another factor or variable the company had to contend with while keeping a very complex project continually moving forward. The ability to intermediate across so many factors and still emerge successful and on schedule differentiates this article from many others that are otherwise comparable from a case study standpoint (Quayle, 1999). The third article or study I would recommend is one that deals with the toughest aspect of project management, which is change management. The article, Selling Project Management to Senior Executives: The Case for Avoiding Crisis Sales (Thomas, Delisle, Jugdev, Buckle, 2002), shows just how difficult it is to make change permanent in any complex project management scenario. This article provides useful insights into how best to overcome resistance to change and keep a project moving forward. The ability of a project manager to gain consensus and keep a project moving forward is also shown, which is a critical skill for anyone teaching others how to manage projects as well. Finally, this study touches on the most critical skills that any practitioner or professor needs to have a mastery of, both in theory and practice, and that is how to get projects done with people who may not always buy into the direction and concepts, schedules and costs, of the project. Change management is very critical in project management and must be covered in this set of three articles.

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Why Read Literature? "The value of literature must apply to all human beings alike, not to some group…Men [and presumably women too] ought to value literature for being what it is; they ought to value it in terms and in degrees of its literary value…" (Draughon, Earl Wells, 2003, p. 114). Literature is available to the literate person for many reasons. For one reason and purpose, literature is entertaining and provides for the reader a fascinating excursion anywhere in the world – or the universe – without the reader having to leave his or her comfortable chair. But there are many other reasons why literature should be read, and those will be presented in this paper.

This order creates a grading rubric for a 2nd grade class in Arizona literacy standards and examines how coaching helps the teachers to address the needs of the students in the class. Coaching helps to update the teachers and to fine tune the learning environment to make it purposeful in helping the learners achieve higher grades in the rubric developed by the teacher for the particular lesson plan.

After having had several courses that were entirely delivered online and the majority being delivered in traditional in-class environments, the relative strengths and weaknesses of each approach to instruction emerge. Comparing and contrasting each approach to instruction is based on an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of each approach to teaching. One of the most interesting courses combined in-class and online learning, which further added to greater insights into the more complex concepts and theoretical foundations of the course. After having completed courses delivered in all three forms (online, in-class and hybrid) it is apparent that the online courses excel where individual repetition of complex concepts is critical to learning a complex subject. This was specifically the case with the math and statistical analysis courses taught in hybrid format. The purely online courses were best used for learning fundamental concepts and were most effective in introductory courses. The greater the complexity of the subject, the greater the need for more collaboration to supplement individual learning time. Empirical research of language learning supports this observation, specifically in the area of foreign language study and mastery of complex foreign language semantics (Salcedo, 49).

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Due to intensified competition and the expansive market share, firms are exploring new strategies and approaches with a view to remain productive and increase their profits. This has led to evolvement of innovation approaches by companies which broadly focus on technology, process, product and management. This article is on Innovative Management from United Technologies. It is an analysis of a minimum of five specific management skills such as decision making, communication, international business, strategic management, and organization structure, other practices and applications as applied to the business being investigated.

This is a Unit Plan for American Social Studies. The coursework covers social change in the U.S. from the 1950s through the 1960s. Topics include McCarthyism, the Civil Rights movement, JFK's New Frontier and protest music. The plan assesses student goals and teacher success and discusses multi-media methods of teaching.