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Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...business models, and their sustainability and viability’: PRESENTER: So I’m just going to finish up with my ideas of views about business models and sustainability. How do you sustain things? How do you make them viable? Now, the general model which The Open University has taken is to mainstream [INAUDIBLE] within existing business model, practices and processes. What...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...businesses in gathering news reports. The course draws upon the expertise of two individuals who have worked in senior positions in the UK television industry. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Computing & IT...IT: Information: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a knowledge of the different types of...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
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Money & Business

Working in teams

...business being able to work as a team is absolutely vital to continued employment. Why do you think he wants his employees to have this skill and conversely why do you feel they are reluctant to work in this way? We don’t all love working in teams yet we tend to say we do on our CV. Do you feel positive when you know you are going to be working in a team or do you in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...businesses in the community. Build school capacity for diversity through research engagement and collaborative professional development activities, e.g. with universities. Manage human resources, securing commitment to the shared vision of inclusion. Manage financial resources to meet the needs of the whole school community. MESO (SCHOOL LEVEL) Guide and influence school...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...business for thirty-nine years. I still only live in a semi-detached house. So are my sons. You know, we work very hard for it. Dr Digby Anderson Ordinary people knew long before the experts, that scroungers were a problem. The experts always belittled it. “The number of people abusing the system is minimal, grossly exaggerated. The real problem, in fact, is those not...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...business-like basis." The President remarked that "we need vision rather than technicians." The Soviets and arms reduction BACKGROUND: After the nuclear arms races of the 1950s and the 1960s, slowly the nations of the world were starting to talk about reducing the number of nuclear weapons and - since 1968's Non-proliferation Treaty - many countries were voluntarily...
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Article 15 mins
Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...business. There are of course many other points of dispute, like for example, the future viability of the UK financial sector, membership of key cross EU institutions relating to defence, education and health. But the battle lines are becoming clear on the essentials outlined above. So this is apparently where we are now. The UK Conservative party is still apparently...
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Article 10 mins
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...business relationship is likely to last. Customers may wish to assess the profitability to see if there may be room for movement on pricing and, again, be interested in the financial stability of the organisation as a way of judging the reliability of future supply. A shareholder may want to consider the likely returns and risks associated with investing in an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs