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Critical Reflection

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Feb 2013
Is management a personal or collaborative process? What outside factors affect managers on a day-to-day basis?

Frozen Planet: Packing for a cold journey

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 12 Apr 2010
As Mark prepares for his trip to the Arctic, he faces his first challenge: Packing.

The OU comes to iTunesU

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 03 Jun 2008
The Open University brings a vast array of free educational audio and video to iTunes

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Online market research

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Masters Level Duration 20 mins Updated 26 Apr 2013
How has the arrival of the internet changed the nature of marketing research?

Marxism and Marketing

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 29 Jan 2013
What can Marxism teach us about marketing? Is Communist thinking relevant when applied to a modern drink’s marketing strategy?

Understanding Globalisation

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Masters Level Duration 25 mins Updated 17 Dec 2012
What do we mean when we say globalisation? Does the growth of globalisation hinder or benefit mankind?

Does prison work?

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Intermediate Level Duration 1 hour Updated 23 May 2013
Does prison work and what purpose does it serve? This unit allows you to listen to a discussion surrounding the purpose efficacy and regulation of...

Engendering citizenship

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Intermediate Level Duration 1 hour Updated 23 May 2013
How do you create citizenship? How do you feel you belong? This unit examines social citizenship. With particular reference to women and disabled people, you...

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

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Intermediate Level Duration 1 hour Updated 23 May 2013
Do you find it difficult to know what is important when taking notes? This unit will enable you to decide the value of taking notes...

The problem with crime

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Intermediate Level Duration 1 hour Updated 23 May 2013
This unit looks at the issues of order and disorder. Can the way these issues are represented change your view of a city? Taking Glasgow...

Social construction and social constructionism

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Intermediate Level Duration 1 hour Updated 23 May 2013
Within the field of social sciences the terms social construction and social constructionism are frequently used, particularly in relation to social policy. This unit will...

The technology of crime control

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Intermediate Level Duration 1 hour Updated 23 May 2013
How big an impact does CCTV have on your life? This unit provides the opportunity to listen to an argument surrounding the purpose, efficacy and...

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

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Intermediate Level Duration 1 hour Updated 23 May 2013
This unit will enable you to understand how arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences. Using extracts from a Radio 4 broadcast you...