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Manager - Coaching the Rookie Manager

In last January’s Manager column, “Fear of Trying: The Plight of the Rookie Project Manager,” Roger Pressman asked a question critical to the future of our profession: “So, how do we grow a good project manager? What do we teach the rookie who has just been appointed to lead her first software project?” Instead of answering this question directly, Pressman focused his article on four key skills...

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Report on Blood Drawing : Risky Procedures , Risky Devices , Risky Job

Risky prey behavior evolves in risky habitats.

Longstanding theory in behavioral ecology predicts that prey should evolve decreased foraging rates under high predation threat. However, an alternative perspective suggests that growth into a size refuge from gape-limited predation and the future benefits of large size can outweigh the initial survival costs of intense foraging. Here, I evaluate the relative contributions of selection from a g...

Information Manager

This paper analyzes the role of information managers, attempting at a definition of those special qualities that distinguish them from information scientists and librarians.