The story happened at Western Construction. Steve Jackson, working as a project professional in the PEG of this company, suggested a new BSO software project. The boss of Jackson, Luke William, and Abu Dija who led the Project Evaluation Group were all impressed by the BSO software project and consented to this new proposal. However, Bamett, who led the group of International bidding and contracting, believed that the BSO software project was an inferior product. He resisted to change and stated
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Abstract Steve Jackson’s role at Western is software implementation and making sure that all evaluation professionals have the tools necessary to do their job efficiently. Implementing the new software, he has discovered, would allow evaluation professionals in his company to have more information readily available to make faster decisions. This software, BSO, is also used by their competition and would give them a competitive advantage when dealing with their clients as well. After two successful
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Introduction Steve Jackson, a project professional in the Project Evaluation Group (PEG) of Western Construction, is heading toward a crisis as he tries to implement new software he has recommended the company upgrade to. Jackson feels that the BSO software would be a major improvement and would “put better detailing at the fingertips of the decision makers and do so more quickly”. Upper management, including his boss Luke Williams and Williams boss Abu Dija are on board but another manager within
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End Time Music Now Music has always been an outlet for artists to express themselves and a way to reach the masses. Music is defined as, “An art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.” It has a way of touching people from various backgrounds, ethnicities, and religions on an intensely deep emotional level. It is rare to find one who does not have a favorite song or at least a few that they know they
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The southern newspaper presses contributed a worthy amount to the closed society and the lack of integration of black students into Mississippi colleges and universities. In his book Full Court Press, author Jason A. Peterson, discusses how not all but most newspaper presses during the civil rights movement fuel the flames for the closed society and the unwritten law, and how their influence on the community allowed from the discriminatory acts to continue for many years. In a historically accurate
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What led up to the assassination of a man and his impact after. Medgar Evers a man born on July 2, 1925 and died on June 12, 1963, was a civil rights activist in Mississippi. His full name was Medgar Wiley Evers and lived in Mississippi who grew up in a farming family in Decatur Mississippi. In 1943 Medgar Evers was drafted into the American Army to fight in World War II in France and Germany. In 1946 Medgar Evers received honorable discharge. Later on in his life he would become a Civil Rights Activist
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story “A Worn Conflict” by Eudora Welty the story is of a woman named Phoenix Jackson who takes a Journey through the country into the city to take medicine to her grandson. An element that Welty used to show Phoenix journey to the city is conflict. She uses the 4 conflict styles to explore how Phoenix Jackson comes in conflict with society, herself, nature, and another human. The first conflict that Phoenix Jackson explores in the story is human vs. nature. This comes along as she starts her
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“The Worn Path”, by Eudora Welty tells the story of an elderly grandmother as she walks into the city to retrieve throat medicine for her grandson. Joseph Campbell describes the archetypal hero’s journey in A Hero With A Thousand Faces. Phoenix’s journey corresponds to the hero’s journey. Helpers along the way, entering the unknown, and tests that occur on the journey help to correspond Phoenix’s journey with a hero’s journey. One way Phoenix’s journey is similar to the hero’s journey is that she
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The Gamma Lambda chapter of Phi Theta Kappa nominates Jabari Williams for a Distinguished Chapter Officer Award. He has served our chapter as Vice-President of Scholarship and College Project Coordinator. Jabari’s leadership, organizational and motivational skills encouraged our chapter to be successful. Early in our officer team’s existence Jabari implemented the idea of utilizing the GroupMe phone application. This gave our officer team the ability to communicate effectively and quickly with every
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around once or twice every year. People cherish a holiday and know its meaning and symbolism. However, traditions are now always special. Symbol has an effect on a story’s meaning and its indication. “The Lottery” is a short story written by Shirley Jackson that illustrates a yearly tradition done by people living in a village. In the story, the main character, Tessie Hutchinson, is killed by stones thrown by her fellow neighbors, which makes the setting cruel and very inhumane. “Tessie Hutchinson was
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