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Juggling Your Job and School

Learn to balance the demands of earning a degree with those of your career.

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Ways to Handle Conflict on Multicultural Teams

By Jamie B. Gelbtuch, MBA, PMP, and Conrado Morlan, PMP, PgMP

In a cross-cultural team, there is a greater likelihood of starting off with some level of disagreement based on the fact that people come to the table with different sets of ingrained values, beliefs and assumptions.

Regardless of the reason for the conflict, applying one or a combination of these classic conflict management techniques can prove especially effective with multicultural teams.

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Project Management Career Paths in IT Services Organizations

V. Srinivasa Rao (VSR), global head of the Oracle Practice at Mahindra Satyam blogs that “Career paths in project management help build the competencies in project management in an evolutionary manner.” He describes nine levels of careers that he feels apply to IT services organizations. Read and comment on VSR’s post in Voices.

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Risk Management: A Real Challenge For The Construction Sector

By Debasis Chakrabarti, PMP, and Manavasi Krishnamurthy Ramesh, PMP

Risk management is a challenge for construction professionals due to the shortage of qualified manpower and contractors, and the scarcity of resources. This article explains risk management principles, the implementation of a risk management plan, and strategies to overcome threats and view risks as positive opportunities.

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Earned Value Project Management — Fourth Edition

By Quentin W. Fleming and Joel M. Koppelman

This book discusses two different perceptions of the EVM concept and how to employ the concept through use of a few fundamental principles and project management best practices. You can apply what you’ll learn to projects of any size and duration in any industry.

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Africa: High Risk, High Reward

With vast natural resources, Africa has a huge potential windfall — if project teams can manage the myriad risks. [PDF | 1.2MB ]

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