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Microsoft Project is a tailor-made computer application that aids project management right from the planning stage to the implementation phase. In my view, Microsoft Project is an easy tool to use even for the first-timers. The application has carefully built fields which a user can read and interpret what is required. It is designed in tabular form where a user can enter data about the project and create interdependencies. In these fields, the user can easily create tasks, sub-tasks, and milestones. The application also has a column for predecessors where a user can indicate which activities are dependent on ...

2016-06-06

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Introduction

Nowadays, project management today is an acknowledged field of professional activity. Methodology and project management tools are widely used in the areas of project-oriented activities, especially in creating new products and services, in targeted changes within individual organizations and companies (Dinsmore and Cabanis-Brewin, 2011). The increasing complexity of economic processes, increasing the number of control subjects, and constraints that are available at our time, such as the unstable operation of the economy, a sharp reduction in public investment, stable, high inflation rate and others lead to that currently required projects ...

Change management is an approach that ensures that changes are smoothly and thoroughly implemented to achieve benefits in the end. According to the article leading through change by Kimberly King, various critical points assist one in developing change management skills in an organization. First, communication should be done upwards and not sideways or downwards. As a manager who is focusing on introducing change in any organization, one should emphasize on communicating with those above in position. It will enable one to understand more and get enough information, which will help to introduce change downwards and sideways (Upchurch, 2016, p. ...

Senior seminar of Psychology

Fairleigh Dickinson University The main point of this paper is to discuss how Cognitive behavioral therapy can be an effective treatment for Posttraumatic stress Disorder. In today’s world we are able to see how this topic is can be relevant to our lives. Not everybody has the misfortunate of having to go through such a tough disorder. But we never know if there will be a time where it might just hit us or significant others. Therefore having knowledge of this disorder is very important especially for those people that are frequently going through tough times in their ...

The model of learning known as the 70:20:10 is a Development and Learning model that is used very commonly in the profession of training for the purpose of describing the optimal learning sources by the successful managers (702010forum.com, 2015). It states that the individuals are to obtain 70 percent of the knowledge from their experiences related to the job, 20 percent of the knowledge comes from the individuals’ interaction with people and the remainder of the 10 percent of the knowledge is gained from the events pertaining to formal education. This model of Development and Learning was first formulated ...

Description the Issue of Concern

Servicemen and women returning from war feel a wave of relief within themselves when they return home. They are not only flagged by thoughts of safe life ahead but also a chance to be with their families. They are always hopeful that the experience they had in the war will pave the way for a peaceful and fulfilling life (Leese, 1997). However, this is never the case for these veterans who have witnessed inhumane events during the war. The memories of these traumatizing events often linger in their minds causing stress. It affects them psychology to the extent that their hope of ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is currently defined as a trauma-related or stressor-related disorder in the 5th edition of the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). It is caused by any traumatic event, but catastrophic events, physical abuse, and combat engagement in war are the most prevalent causes of PTSD (Sullivan, 2012). The symptoms usually start showing three months after an individual experiences a traumatic event, and they need to last for at least one month before an official diagnosis can be made. The most common symptoms include behavioral changes (e.g. avoidance of situations associated with ...

PTSD War Veterans and Their Families

PTSD War Veterans and Their Families

Introduction

On January 2nd, 2013, an elderly war veteran in Las Vegas was charged with two murders after he allegedly killed two women with more than 20 blows to their heads with a hammer. His ex-wife reported that he had alcohol and drug abuse issues, and during their marriage, he would often beat her or attempt suicide. According to his medical diagnosis, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. This type of scenario is common among war veterans with PTSD because they will more likely engage in domestic violence than war veterans ...

Jones, M., Rona, R. J., Hooper, R., & Wesseley, S. (2006). The burden of psychological symptoms in UK Armed Forces. Occupational Medicine, 56(5), 322-328. Jones, Margaret, et al. "The burden of psychological symptoms in UK Armed Forces." Occupational Medicine 56.5 (2006): 322-328. The article compares to that of Foa, E. B., Steketee, G., & Rothbaum, B. O. (1989) whop try to find out the reason we have this issue among war veterans. It contrasts with the artcle by Kang, H. K., Natelson, B. H., Mahan, C. M., Lee, K. Y., & Murphy, F. M. (2003) who analyse a particular ...