...Conflict is a natural part of life and is inevitable working on a project with a team full of people who all have different ideas on how things are going to be done. Anything a project is being worked on, conflicts should be planned for and be addressed on how they will be handled so everyone has the same expectations on what the process is to resolve them. Unfortunately conflict with external teams and people are not always so easily addressed since the project manager of one team does not have influence with a different project’s team, but these issues can still be addressed. In the Tent City case study the team is suffering from a lack of internal communication and were actually receiving more information from news outlets telling the story instead of it being passed around within teams. Interdepartmental communication can cause a lot of conflict between teams, the department that is not receiving the communication becomes frustrated that they are being left out of the loop and then cannot assist customers when they call regarding the information the department did not received. Other departments may then become upset with them because they are not following the information that was sent around unaware that they did not receive it. As a project manager I would refer back to the project charter’s communication plan to see about resolving the issue. If done properly, the communication plan should explain where this information should be coming from, who is responsible...
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...Team conflict can materialize at any point of a project life span. Various types of conflict among teams include process, task, relationship, and communication conflict. In the case of Smallsville’s Tent City, communication is not effective within the team, considering it is broadcasted on the news prior to their knowledge (Devryu.net). Communication issues can be caused by several methods such as perspective-taking failures and message tuning. Not only can poor communication cause problems in a team, the team members may have relationship or task conflict with each other which can be either ineffective or effective for a team. Communication in a project keeps its members informed with the progress and delays of the project, sets expectations, goals, resources, status reports, budgets, milestones, the list goes on. Problems arising from this can be detrimental to the stakeholders, budget, resources, and team. People impacted last minute may be rushed to complete a task because they are not prepared resulting in poor results and an unsatisfied team. To solve these problems, a communication plan should be created by the project manager at the beginning of the project’s life span. This will express the scope, deliverables, milestones, and what, who, how, and when information will be transmitted, so schedules, issues, and action items can be tracked. The plan sets in stone what information needs to be collected, who receives certain information, how information will...
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...Tent City is a jail that was built in Phoenix, Arizona in 1994. The idea was created by Sheriff Joe Arpaio to help with the overcrowding local jails. In that area there were many more inmates than the local jails could take in and maintain at that point. So, Tent City was an idea brought up. It is able to hold up to two thousand inmates at a time. The inmates are housed outside in large tents (where the name came from). Within these tents are the basics: lights and bunk beds. These tents and the one main buildings are surrounded by a large fence, keeping everyone in. The inmates are outside for most of the day, every day. Tent City is hasher than other local jails, for the simple fact that they focus on keeping costs down so they can house as many inmates as possible. Based on the information I have learned in class, no matter how harsh this place seems, it is ran based on the same things as any other jail. The inmates shown in Tent City live a stricter life than other inmates at local jails. The Sheriff does not allow things like sugar, salt, or coffee because they are considered luxuries and cost a lot more than other...
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...good thing all these years. If you go camping, it no longer means that you will be bitten to death by mosquitoes; have to drink brackish coffee; live on corned beef; suffocate or freeze in a sleeping-bag; hump gargantuan weights on your back. Camping has become the great pursuit of motorists the world over. All the discomforts associated with it have been miraculously whisked away. For a modest outlay, you can have a comfortable, insulated tent. For a not-so-modest outlay, you can have an elaborate affair which resembles a portable bungalow, complete with three bedrooms, a living-room, a kitchen and a porch. The portable furniture is light and comfortable; the gas stove brews excellent coffee or grills a tender steak; the refrigerator keeps the beer and ice-cream cold; and as for a good night's rest, well, you literally sleep on air. What more could you want? No wonder the great rush is on. You see, camping has so much to offer. You enjoy absolute freedom. You have none of the headaches of advance hotel booking or driving round and round a city at midnight looking for a room. There are no cold hotel breakfasts, no surly staff to tip. For a ludicrously small sum, you can enjoy comforts which few hotels could provide. Modern camping sites are well equipped with hot and cold running water and even shops and dance floors! Low-cost holidays make camping an attractive proposition. But above all, you enjoy tremendous mobility. If you don't like a place, or if it is too crowded, you can...
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...but I didn’t know exactly what was going to be happening. It was definitely a very social event, when I first got there I had to wait in a line that probably had fifty people in front of me. This was definitely a lot bigger than I thought it was going to be. One thing that I liked right off the bat was the music they were playing. I was surprised that the school allowed them to play rap music that is recent that I have heard on the radio. So to me it wasn’t as much as a school event feel, as it felt more like a party. It felt kind of weird being on campus still with people dressed up and partying in the middle of campus. After about fifteen minutes of waiting is was finally underneath the big tent where there was much going on. When I got underneath the tent I immediately came to a table where they handed out beads that you could wear around your neck for the theme of the event and...
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...Potential Problem | Possible Causes | Preventive Action | Contingency Plan | 1. Tents have holes in them. | a. Kids played rough in the tent last season and did not tell us they put a hole in it.b. An animal got in to the garage during the winter months and chewed a hole in the tent. | a. Create rules to prevent the rough housing of the children while in the tent.b. put the tent in an air tight container with a lid for the following winter season. | a. Bring along a plastic seal package to seal the holes that may be there.b. Bring along a rain dome to place over the tent in case of a hole. | 2. Bad Mosquitos. | a. lots of rain in the area recentlyb. hot and humid weather recently | a. bring mosquito dunks along and mosquito sprayb. bring fogger to fog the camp site where you will set up camp. | a. choose a secondary campsiteb. stay in the RV the whole time instead of the tents. | 3. No more wood available to make the fire. | a. ash wood borers came back and restricted wood usage.b. more campers came to the location than expected. | a. bring our own firewood.b. pack a cooler with foods that do not need to be cooked over the fire. | a. Go buy more wood in the local area.b. Go out to dinner and come back to camp at the camp site for the rest of the evening. | 4. All camp sites are full. | a. holiday weekendb. family reunion time | a. call aheadb. make a reservation. | a. have another site ready to go to just in caseb. Go home and camp in the back...
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...Authority also operates an online store and has shops in Japan through a partnership with Aeon, Co and operates about 10 stores under SA Elite a high end performance apparel and footwear. Sport Authority annual revenue is about 2,478.823. REI was founded in 1938 with more than 5 million members and about 138 outlets in more than 30 states. selling high- end gear, clothing and footwear for outdoor activities and it annual revenue is about 2,217,131. REI offers a large range of outdoor gear followed by sport authority and Dicks which carry about the same of outdoor gear. All three stores sales camping gear the product that i looked up was camping tents. REI camping tents range from $69.99- 839.93, Sport Authority camping tents range from $24.99-499.99, and Dicks camping tents range from $21.99-739.99. REi had the most expense camping tent. All three websites are some what similar they all provided tabs of categories of items of they offer. Sport Authority tabs included fitness, clothes, shoes, accessories, team sports, action sports, golf/racquet,...
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...going to live out doors. We were going to the camping site at Paul M. Dimmick. I didn’t know how much food and drinks we needed to survive out in the woods, until I seen in the back of the truck. There were a little iceboxes filled with food, mini camping stove, lantern, gallon of water, tent, sleeping bag, bug spray, and booties to protect your feet’s. I feel like we were going on an adventure. There was a lot of stuff for our five days trip, I thought. The day was bright and beautiful. The truck tank was full and off we went. We had a lot of miles to go, we made two fast food stops, and three bathroom stops. My mother didn’t believe us when we told her we were starving, and I told her “If I didn’t eat I was going to die”. Soon after I ate that delicious burger, we had to make an emergency stop on the side of the road. I became sick and vomit everywhere. I shouldn’t have told my mother I was going to die from starving. “Are we there yet?” I ask my mother. No, but we got to the camping site afternoon. The action was just about to take place. We lay down sheets before setting the tents up for my little sister. The tent was set up so quickly that I thought it was going to take forever to set the tent up. Little sister and I were struck by the redwoods. We couldn’t believe how big and large the trunks were. We were in tree heaven when we found a redwood tree burnt out in the middle of it. The redwood tree had a big hole, and the tree became our clubhouse. We name our...
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...My family, felt it would be a great learning experience to spend some quality time together. We were going on a camping trip. My dad is not the outsider type of man. My Mother pack us delicious subs because of this and that she doesn't like hunting. My brother just doesn't like the outdoors. Me and my brother were just wasn't this was for us but I was more pessimistically at the trip then My brother was. He thought if you try something completely out of your element, you'll will have a bad time. Realizing that I never went camping before I was anxious to learn the ropes of a hunter like what we used to do to survive before everything was given to us on a silver platter. I would have to hunt with a bow. But we all know I couldn't. We stocked up on interesting books to get lost in and relaxing sleeping bags to take off the edge and nap. We packed up the Van were we were the only other things that can fit into it and we were off. A friend of the family recommended the campsite and also he going on his own camping trip with his family so we decided to follow him since he had the directions and also he was on his own camping trip with his family. We traveled up interstate 75 into Maine because our campground was Recompence Shore Campground . Now, this is where I thought this trip was going to go down hill from there because ive had several times of bad luck when I was in Maine. One of them was I didn't fall asleep til four in the morning because of a duck. About fifteen minutes on...
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...My friend,Landon, invited me to go camping. Landon had never been camping before so I had to tell him what to take. I told him we needed to pack the day before we left for we can be ready the next day. First, you need to make sure you have a camper.Then we need to pack all of our clothes. When u go camping you will need old clothes to wear because you will be playing. You will also need your swimming trunks to swim. When u get done swimming you will need a clothesline to dry your clothes off with. Second, you will need to go to the store. You will need to get snacks to eat when you get hungry at night. The best thing to eat over the campfire is marshmellows. You will also need to get lighter fluid. When I go my mom gets first aid kits...
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...Maverick Dixon Camping I am aware that in England camping is not very common. Camping in America is a common tradition and a love for many families. My family enjoys camping so much that we spend summers down at the campground sitting around a fire and making small talk. Camping is such a great experience and if my family could camp year long, they would. My family has a 29 foot trailer camper filled with dishes, televisions, a couch, beds, a shower, snacks, and other camping necessities. Usually when people think of camping, they think of a little tent in the middle of nowhere on the cold, hard ground held up by a few week poles, but that is not how it’s usually done. In America, we have beautiful campgrounds set up all around the country that you reserve certain spots for a chosen amount of weeks. When the camping date comes, you hook up your vehicle to the camper and haul it to your camping destination. What I love about camping is finally arriving to the campground and checking in at the front desk. You are always greeted with a warm southern welcome and are always told to enjoy your stay. You can hear the sincerity in the campground worker’s voice. There’s something about the camping community. Almost all campers across America are polite warm-welcoming. After check-in, families hop back into their vehicle and are off to their reserved camping site. When driving to the site you have reserved, more campers and friendly people will smile and give you a nice wave...
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...Childhood Memories During the hot summer of June a bunch of the senior football players and coaches got to go to Calamus and camp out for a week. It was a way to try to build team unity and to have a good time. There were three different groups of cars that were filled of people, some were trailing boats and some were towing campers. For my sake I was in a car that wasn’t completely full so that meant that I had room to spread out and fall asleep. This meant that a four-hour ride only seemed like it was two. Once we got there we had to set up camp and went to have a look around the area. Our campground was right next to a beach on a lake so we had a great spot. Before we knew it we were reminded that this was also a football getaway and two or three times a day we had conditioning out on the beach. One time we had to climb up a very steep sand hill and touch the coach’s hand then head back down. The part that made this harder was that it was a race to see who could be the first to be done. Other times we did sprints on the beach or pushups and other types of conditioning. When it came time to have a break, we had plenty to do during the day. There was fishing on the lake for different typed of carp and bass. Also Justin Stork brought his dad’s boat so we got to go boating and for my first time ever I got to go tubing. It was just a blast even though the wipeouts scared the coaches every time, because it looked like we were going to break a leg or something. Everybody...
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...blackish brown decorative sign with yellow-gold writing read Hungry Horse Campground. I thought to myself “what, a strange name for a campground.” As we drove down the long winding midnight asphalt road, I could not imagine why a campground would have such an odd name. As we approached the main office, my eyes lit up like a Christmas tree in December. I could not believe that such a beautiful place existed in such a tiny town. The office was a large walnut brown and resembled a log cabin. Surrounding the building were enormous rocks, fuchsia flowers, and small turquoise ponds with waterfalls. The calming sound of water flowing throughout the rocks and the smell of flowers made me feel as if I was in heaven. As we set up the mildewed scented tent, I remember my son playing in the majestic grained ivory sand so amazed that it was not dark brown and clumpy like back in Indiana. I watched him play while enjoying the fresh scent of pine drifting through the air. The bird’s sweet melody and the silence surrounded me in glory. I knew that there was nothing better in the world than in that moment. I had my two boys, and we were building a memory we would never forget. As our time progressed, we found that the campground had two pools, both underground and one shaped like a fish. A white picket fence surrounded the pool area and the smell of chlorine lingered in the air. The crystal sparkling water looked as clear as glass, creating a mirror to see my family’s reflection, the smile on their...
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...Truck tarps protect your load from the weather and prevent it from falling or blowing out on to the road where it can damage the vehicles behind and possibly cause an accident. Depending on the load, securing the tarp can be difficult. For example, sometimes the air flow may cause the tarp to do a lot of flapping and allow rain water underneath. Proper securement may require a different method from the one you're using now. Below are three ways of securing truck tarps. Cord and Grommets This is the most common way of tarp securement. It's straightforward enough. Tie one end of a length of cord to the grommet and the other to a convenient tie-off point. Nylon cords work well because they're both strong and supple. Their supple quality makes...
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...Basseri Culture Name: Jinette Rivera Course Name: Cultural Anthropology Presented To: Cynthia Livingston Date: January 9, 2012 Table of Contents 1. Abstract 2 2. Introduction 3 I. Basseri Culture: 3 a) Domestic Tasks: 4 b) Frequent Migration: 4 c) Herding 4 II. Thesis Statement: 5 3. Mode of subsistence 5 4. Three Aspects of culture: 6 I. Kinship and socio political Organization: 6 II. Beliefs and Values 7 a) Evil Eyes and Envy: 7 b) Religion: 8 c) Marriage: 8 d) Anticipatory Inheritance: 8 e) Other Beliefs: 9 5. Conclusion 9 6. References 10 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on Basseri culture. First part of the paper covers the introduction to basseri culture and their mode of subsistence. Basseri society is the nomadic parodists and migrates frequently so that they can have an advantage of seasoning grazing resources. Livestock is the primary source of their subsistence. Next part of the paper covers the three main aspects of basseri culture. Kinship, Socio Political Organization and their Beliefs have been cited in detail. Last part of the paper is ended with the conclusion. Introduction Basseri Culture: Basseri community lives in the area of Southern Iran and is commonly known due to their traditional pastoral practices. Southern Iran is considered...
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