painting Construction Near the Chrysler Building, uses various techniques such as color, arrangement, and emphasis to demonstrate how New York is expanding in an era of industrialism. He displays this time period of the 1930s through the skyscrapers and skyline of New York. Instead of showcasing the entirety of New York, he focuses on one part, specifically around the Chrysler building. Since Hartman focuses all of his painting’s attention on the Chrysler building and the numerous skyscrapers…
It was my 14th class the bilingual course “Essentials of the Learning Sciences”, and the topic was about “Knowledge Building and Knowledge Creation: Theory, Pedagogy, and Technology” Before the class, I spent a lot of time searching for some related works in order to understand some definitions of the chapter’s especially these words “mtadiscourse, rise above, and promisingness” Also, to make it understandable for my classmates. After I finished reading part and I assumed that they would go…
Sacramento is known for its State Capitol Building. In California’s history, Sacramento was named twice as the Capitol. Not to mention, the state had many capitol buildings before Sacramento was its last capital. The Capitol Building is one of the most important landmarks in California, and in my opinion, it is also the most beautiful location When I got the list in choosing our location to research about, for many reasons, I was elated that Sacramento’s Capitol Building was one…
There are several strategies to team building. Many believe that what one coach believes is a great strategy, that it will work for another coach or team. This may not be true as what one will use may not work for another coach. In this essay I will describe the four general strategies of team-building interventions providing examples of each. Going on to describe the potential benefits of team-building interventions highlighting how team building can improve team effectiveness and success.…
Victoria Building became one of the very top shopping mall in Sydney with almost 200 shops of different brands which origins from different countries including fashion, jewellery, antiques and Australian crafts which continues to set the standard as a world-class shopping destination. This can not be achieved without the 21st Century’s interactive media and advertisement as Baudrillard’s statement of “customers whose desires are created by the media” (Baudrillard 1998). The Queen Victoria…
In the article Building Effective Teams in Real Time, Garfield and Stanton (2005) share helpful tools to follow for efficient team building. This article is addressed to managers who may need tips on how to bring better communication to their employees. They discuss six ideas in an approach they call rapid team building. I agree with the authors in the importance of getting to know the team members, and learning about their past successes. While being an employee, I have observed a lack of vison…
construction are not licensed professionals No license means no mandated formal training or apprenticeship, no continuing education, and minimal accountability City building inspectors check for code compliance, not quality Codes do not cover all aspects of the building process These are facts that the majority of people building new…
growing kids and creativity with forts is a no-brainer. Fort building promotes innovation through the mere act of imagining. Will what arises from the Fort Magic sticks and connectors? A castle? A plane? An obstacle course? Also, when the picture in a child’s mind does not match the end result or problems emerge in the building, creative problem-solving skills develop. What…
that, a light bulb went off in my head. I am a Building Science major and have worked construction the past two summers for my summer job. I have been to many National Parks across the United States and have fallen in love with the beauty of nature. I put those two things together and decided I was going to join the conversation about Green Building. All of the research I have completed throughout this semester has been about the effects that buildings have on the environment and the actions…
A team can be defined as a small group of people who are having complementary skills and working together for a common purpose to achieve agreed specific target (Borkowski, 2009). When building a team, one may follow eight stages to ensure the better performance in it (Borkowski, 2009). As the first step in building a team, it should be given proper directions and urgency. The members of the team should believe that their team has a worthwhile purpose and the administrator should explain to the…