Iâm pleased that the latest version of the PMBOK (the Project Management Body of Knowledgeâthe PMIâs âbibleâ) has added a section on âsoft skillsâ to its 42 process areas. Itâs only about 5 pages out of ~450, but itâs a start, and an acknowledgement that these skills are also important.
Elements and compounds are pure chemical substances found in nature. The difference between an element and a compound is that an element is a substance made of same type of atoms, whereas a compound is made of different elements in definite proportions. Examples of elements include iron, copper, hydrogen and oxygen. Examples of compounds include water (H2O) and salt (Sodium Chloride - NaCl)
Metaphysics, on the other hand, deals with the most general traits of real-ity â with value, say, or mind. Th e concepts of metaphysics are also distinguished by their transpar-ency. Roughly speaking, a concept is transparent if there is no signiï¬ cant gap between the concept and what it is a concept of.