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The hand and the glove – a Romance by Machado de Assis

 

Machado de Assis is a Brazilian author who lived in Rio de Janeiro (June 21 st, 1839 – September 29th, 1908. “The hand and glove ” is a romantic story written by him and published in 20 serials during the year of 1874 .

The narrative follows the line of an intimate love affair and practical decisions of life, where dreams and aspirations of love and the practicality of life meet each other.

The plot’s center is a young girl named Guiomar. She is very beautiful and lives with her goodmother . Continue lendo The hand and the glove – a Romance by Machado de Assis

Jim Collins – interesting reasoning for companies, organizations and enterprises

The author and speaker Jim Collins was widely acclaimed for his book Good to Great.

The book by itself has become an analytical reference on the health of a business or organization .

But the author wrote other books besides this well known book, as Beyond Positive Thinking (that we recommend to our readers), or How the Mighty Fall.

What we believe to be very interesting in Jim ‘s work is that his conclusions are illustrated by real and verifiable stories, and they are accompanied by graphics.

His books may serve as a reflection basis within Continue lendo Jim Collins – interesting reasoning for companies, organizations and enterprises

Project Management – interesting materials – how to develop a business project

Project management is not something to be taken lightly. For students and professionals, this area of knowledge should be looked carefully.

It is a work and an art.

It may be a project for an extensive change in business processes of an enterprise or organization, or changes of an information and control system, the challenge is to allow it happen without ruptures in the organization suffers, or mak the change effective with the least possible impact .

In a project management some professionals forget that the project itself is a name or picture into a file or paper.

In fact a project requires people, resources and time. You need to have a starting point in which you set the base; you need a maturation process; resources and finally an implementation and maintenance strategy.

As simple as it may seem, any project < ! – More -> should be viewed with discretion and care. Human resources, all the tasks that need to be performed and the sequence and required action must be linked to a logic sequence.

In the globalization world, in which the initiatives of companies and organizations need and must take into account internal and external aspects, project management becomes increasingly important, and people who understand and know how to perform and carry out such management are key differentiators.
So, if you are a director, manager, supervisor, team leader or participant, do not underestimate the value of studying project management, and the possibilities of how to manage tasks and phases of a new initiative.

There are training and various courses that can be accessed by people from various fields, backgrounds and economic scope, which can help any person who have genuine interest on learning Project management processes.

In addition to courses and formal training, literature can help you effectively.

An interesting material is the one entitled 7000 + Management and Business Documents, which brings a number of templates to be used and adapted for various projects .

Another material is the one entitled Project Management:The Managerial Process with MS Project, in which the authors Erik Larson and Clifford Gray seek to demonstrate the human and methodological dimension of a project.

And there are other possibilities in the literature that can be found easily.

You must try to update yourself by reading about it and also participating in initiatives in your own field and company or organization – more than ever companies and organizations need people willing to face the challenges of the new times. For reference, anyone can consult books and several courses , such as:

Project Management Material – Click Here! / Project Templates –Click Here! / Project Management Tool Kit – Click Here! / Como elaborar e gerenciar projetos – Click Here!How to designe and develop social projects – Click Here!

 

How to have fun creating characters with photos – photo editing

If you like pictures and is a lover of a good photo , we believe you should also enjoy the idea of ​​doing more with pictures than store them in your files.

It is possible to tansform images in an amazing way with great fun through the means available nowadays with a very attractive low cost.

You can learn the art of photo editing.

Surprise friends and relatives with invitations and personalized cards, Continue lendo How to have fun creating characters with photos – photo editing