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Starbucks has recently shown profound growth that is tempered by concerns over stores in foreign markets and the rise of a tea culture in the United States. In the past year, Starbuck's revenues have soared, and the…

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.

Quality of care may influence employment in a number of ways. Parents may be unwilling to leave their children in a low-quality, dangerous environment or with adults who do not supply a motivating or warm environment. This may be a particular dilemma for lower-income families, who have more inadequate choices of providers. On the contrary, a secure, warm, motivating environment may persuade employment and longer hours of work.

Of all ethnic groups classified as "Hispanic," Cuban Americans have been seen as a model minority. Compared to groups such as Mexican-Americans or Puerto Ricans, Cubans are seen as an economically-successful sub-group.

The residents of California managed to spend more money for welfare than for education in 1994, according to the latest available statistics and are almost last on a nation level when it comes to per-capita spending on…

Jelly Roll Morton was born Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe in 1890 and later became a pioneer of modern American jazz. Growing up in New Orleans, he played piano in saloons and brothels when he was still a child.

This paper seeks to investigate the actual role that criminal profiling plays in the apprehension of serial killers. Does criminal profiling lead to a meaningful reduction in the list of potential suspects and therefore help investigators find the perpetrators of serial murder, or does profiling allow investigators to make educated guesses about the identity of serial perpetrators, which, without the input derived from standard police procedure would be essentially useless? The literature certainly suggests that criminal profiling for serial killers can aid in the apprehension of a suspect and help eliminate people in the subject pool, but criminal profiling, on its own, cannot identify a suspect.

My initial impressions of LA were refracted in different ways by the five interviews. At one time, a long time ago, according to Sandra, the teen counselor, Los Angeles was a different place where over the fence chatting was a norm and people congregated to share news and a hug. Today, teenagers and the younger generation as well as professionals and almost all citizens have become immured in a technological world that detaches them from the necessary support, hence, according to Sandra, teen counselor, depression has become more rampant. She sees drugs as a growing problem that will continue as long as technology and materialism rises as well as the gap between rich and poor. The gap between rich and poor was an ongoing problem. Also a counselor, but working in a very different part of the field and with a very different population, Malpede attempted to have the homeless recreate their unenviable situation through drama thus seeking relief and solution.

This is a 4-page paper about the rise in Pentecostalism among Hispanics. The social, political, and religious reasons for this phenomenon are addressed thoroughly and with ample citation of the literature.

Timeline: Historical Development of Nursing Science