Project Management Homework Assignment #1 Strayer University 1. Identify and analyze three of the core skills that were at play in the case of the reluctant workers‚ referencing the ten skills described in Chapter 4. In the Reluctant Workers case study there were three core skills directly related to proficiency in effective program management at play: Team Building‚ Conflict Resolution and Leadership. I will discuss these three core skills
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BUS 375 – The Reluctant Workers Jami Anne M. Yampierre Professor Howard Strayer University – Alexandria Campus 29 April 2012 Read the Chapter 6 Case: The Reluctant Workers. Prepare a three to six (3-6) page report that answers the following: 1. Identify and analyze three of the core skills that were at play in the case of the reluctant workers‚ referencing the ten skills described in Chapter 4. 2. Analyze the way in which Tim Aston‚ the young project manager‚ was exercising his skills
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Is Changez ‘reluctant’ as the title suggests? In Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ the Pakistani protagonist‚ Changez‚ is not reluctant like the title suggests. Hamid illustrates through Changez’ persistence in being unhesitant how it‚ consequently‚ negatively impacts the people around him. In his determination to be with Erica Changez forces her to think of him as her deceased boyfriend‚ Chris‚ emphasizing his eagerness to be with her. Hamid uses first person monologue‚ and shifts
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Post 9/11 Biases in The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid’s‚ The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ follows the story of a high status Muslim American named Changez as he lives through the hardship of prejudices held on Muslims in the early 21st century. This passage comes in the wake 9/11 and illustrates the biases that most Americans held on Muslims post 9/11. The words that Mohsin Hamid uses in the first sentence set the tone for the passage and setup the story he later tells in the passage: “Yet
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Inquiry Essay The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ by Mohsin Hamid‚ is the sad story of a young man going through an identity crisis. The novel revolves around a Pakistani man‚ Changez‚ who just graduated from Princeton University. In the beginning Changez receives a high paying job at a firm that values other companies‚ and also falls in love with a girl‚ Erica. His life seems to be going well until the sudden attack on the twin towers causes the whole country to go against his culture and race. The
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4UI Ms. Coe October 16‚ 2013 Symbolic Minor Characters The importance of the minor characters in the novel is to create a complex and multilayered tale using characters as symbols adding a deeper meaning throughout the novel. In the novel the reluctant fundamentalist‚ by Mohsin Hamid‚ the author uses characters symbolically to create depth within the story. Erica‚ who is loved b the main character‚ is used in many aspects to symbolize America. Erica who the main characters(Changez) meets and
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Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist follows the journey of a young Pakistani man and his journey after moving to America in search of the American dream. Changez is in a minority group when moving to America and is a clear outsider however he is accepted into American meritocracy and given the opportunity to become ‘a successful American’. Though he tries to fit into what he believes a successful American should be‚ through changing his identity according to the standards of society‚ he is
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Does Changez lose or find his identity through the course of the novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist? Discuss. Identity is not something fixed once and for all‚ but rather in a state of flux. This aspect is well illustrated in The Reluctant Fundamentalist as the character of Changez (whose very name implies change) takes on different identities throughout the novel‚ rather than simply losing or acquiring a given one. He first becomes the quintessentially-American success immigrant story‚ believing
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effective? What is lost and gained through the use of symbolism? The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a novel in which an American immigrant Changez is living a dream with a great job‚ money‚ and the “regal” Erica by his side. However after the 9/11 attacks Changez’s perception on America shifted‚ he was forced to question where his allegence lies and this developed into contempt for America. If you read The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid‚ and fail to dig below to the surface of the
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English Essay: The Reluctant Fundamentalist Task: Compare novel and movie. Describe similarities and differences. Try to find reasons for the changes. The film “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” based on Mohsin Hamid’s book written in 2007‚ is quite similar to the novel. However‚ there are some aspects that were slightly modified‚ completely removed from the storyline or added to the movie. In both novel and movie‚ the main character Changez is a prodigious student from Pakistan who
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