Animal research is essential to understanding the pathology and treatment of diseases. I can understand why some animal activist groups deem animal research to be flawed and unethical, but there is no...

The academic sector is research and discovery focused with many of the projects focused on expanding the current knowledge scope of the field. While industry relies on creating products that can have ...

In academia, research is pursued based on passion leading to a thrill of discovery. Thought leaders in this field have success paths that follow the ways of earning a Nobel Prize, becoming Head of the...

When pursuing new roles, I prefer to be under qualified for the position, this would allow for growth by learning new ideologies and concepts on the job while also providing a challenge. Being overqua...

Even though medical devices are used across a variety of fields, I do not think it would be beneficial for individuals to pursue a medical device certificate if they do not intend to work in the field...

Consulting can be a very rewarding career field, allowing for problem solving to achieve a desired result. According to Harvard Business School, there are eight fundamental principles of consulting; p...

There should be systems in place to mediate the risk of having a valuable employee leave during the middle of the project. There should be other personnel who are also equipped to do the job. During t...

Human resources should play a significant role at all companies. The purpose of HR is to recruit, hire, and train employees but I think within well established companies there purpose goes well beyond...

Although both aspects of quality management, quality assurance and quality control are two discrete concepts. Quality assurance is process oriented and focuses on preventing quality issues while quali...

As a project manager, it is important to know how to deal with interruptions in project schedules which could very well be caused by employee vacation times or other obligations that need tending to. ...

When an employee leaves a company, there is always some sort of disruption, minimizing this disruption is key to keeping the project on tack. Ideally, the project manager will put in notice of their d...

Some reasons that could increase the cost of a project are poor budget estimates, scope creep, and even inflation could be a factor. Before executing a project, the budget should be carefully planned ...

Although a crucial skill in project management, calculating task duration can be difficult for new project managers or new projects in general. Time duration can serve as a metric of whether a project...

I have learned so much in this project management course. Before this course, project management was such a broad undefined term in my vocabulary. Now, I am clear on the definition of project manageme...

As a project manager there will always be team problems and issues. Having effective management skills will keep problems and issues to a minimum. Developing systems to seamlessly transition job dutie...