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Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...concept of operations is not new...Understanding operations management: 2.2 The historical development of operations management - Operations in some form has been around as long as human endeavour itself but, in manufacturing at least, it has changed dramatically over time, and there are three major phases - craft manufacturing, mass production and the modern period....
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...Concepts in Evidence-Based Policing. Available at; https://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/mst-documents/50keyebp. (Accessed: 18 August 2020). College of Policing (2017) Problem-oriented policing. Available at: https://whatworks.college.police.uk/ toolkit/ Pages/ Intervention.aspx?InterventionID=47. (Accessed: 18 August 2020). College of Policing (2020) What is evidence-based...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...concepts, and provide a basis that will help to support and broaden your knowledge and understanding of topics further. You can find these in the Further Reading section. Please note that we have not provided a glossary of terms on this course. However, you may find it helpful to keep one as you study. The course may contain some specialist vocabulary, terms or ideas with...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Training for endurance in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for endurance in sport and fitness

...concept of endurance understand the physiological principles that underpin endurance apply a range of training techniques for endurance in practice assess which training methods are most suitable for performances in different sports...Training for endurance in sport and fitness: 1 What is endurance? - Endurance is often associated with sports or events that last for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...concept and a social construct as humans share 99% of DNA. But, while people continue to perceive humanity as belonging to different races, a racial bias towards empathy can have detrimental effects on individuals, groups and relationships...Introducing Union Black: 1.1 Why talk about empathy? - Well, it is just one way of dismantling racism and starting to tackle...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...concept of a decision-making framework is that a number of interconnected areas of enquiry are prioritised in the course of making a decision. Braye and Preston-Shoot (2016) suggest that social workers can respond more appropriately within the legal context by using a decision-making framework. Activity 3 A decision-making framework in practice Timing: 40 minutes Read the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...Conception of the World, London, Routledge and Kegan Paul. Rutter, M. (1981) Maternal Deprivation Reassessed, New York, NY, Penguin. Vygotsky, L.S. (1962) Thought and Language, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press...Introduction to child psychology: Acknowledgements - This course was last updated in April 2019. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...concepts helpful in developing a dialectical approach. Activity 7 Timing: (20 minutes) Read this extract from pages 95–6 of the ‘Technique Library’ (Martin et al., 2012) drawn from an OU MBA course on ‘Sustainable creative management’. DIALECTICAL APPROACHES These techniques use creative conflict within the decision-making process to help identify and challenge...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs