Humanities

here is the copy and paste from the assignment sheet:

Read Homage To Catalonia by Orwell, and write a 500 word book review (for instruction on book review writing, search the web with the key phrase (how to write a book review).

In your book review, copy the link to two articles about book review writing that you found through your search.

Critique the book and frame your essay in a current events context–why is reading this book important in our current times? What about this book is newsworthy or relevant to understanding global issues? You might also link the ideas in The Communist Manifesto to Orwell’s insights in Spain. (Hint: POUM was a Marxist Workers’ Party)

For my part, I discovered this book two years ago during a short stay in Spain. It kindled in me an interest in Catalonia and particularly the city of Barcelona and its neighboring regions. So I lived there last Spring for three months and into summer, studied Spanish, and read this book in Spanish. I also did some original research in the area he wrote about, and interviewed people about the Spanish Civil War. Coincidently, there is a strong identity now in Catalonia that views all things Catalan as comprising a distinct culture from the Spanish and politically autonomous. And a diverse and numerous group of new Spanish citizens and residents who have immigrated to Spain. So I am interested in how the students in our class respond to this book and look forward to reading the ideas that you compose based on reading and reflecting about it.

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750 words, APA Format, with Reference.

Scenario:

ACME Development Corporation (ADC), a developer of custom homes and apartment complexes, has decided to standardize its project management practices and processes across its national organization. The goal is to standardize with one single project-scheduling tool and to have the tool installed and be operational within 90 days. To this end, the company is forming a central project management office (PMO). Until now, project managers (there are 40 presently on staff distributed all over the United States) have been able to use whatever scheduling tool they liked, within their budget constraints. They have also been able to buy equipment and engage contractors at will. The PMO will be determining one scheduling tool that all PMs will be expected to use, exclusive of any other scheduling tools. The PMO will also develop and implement a standardized procurement process. Because the PMs are located across the United States, a Web-based solution seems likely to be the most successful tool.

As the project manager, you have been charged with implementing the procurement process, and you decide that your first project will be purchasing the scheduling tool for ACME Development Corporation.

There are 2 basic types of contracts: the fixed-price contract and the cost-plus contract. Each has several common variations. It is not unusual for any specific contract to have special terms and agreements, so the basic contract is just the starting point. The project manager is most interested in the terms that define and help to control costs, schedule, and quality.

Among the different types of contracts, which contracts do you think would be easiest for ADC to manage, and why? Which contracts would be the most difficult for ADC to manage, and why?

Examples of the contract types include the following:

Firm fixed price

Fixed price with targets

Fixed price at cost

Time and materials

Cost sharing

Cost plus

Which types of contracts do you think would be easiest for ADC to manage? Why?

Which types of contracts would be the most difficult for ADC to manage? Why?

What specific challenges do you think ADC would face when selecting the ideal type of contract?

What would you do personally to avoid or overcome these challenges?

What can you use to support your arguments?