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Introduction to business agility
Money & Business

Introduction to business agility

...management. We don’t really know what value our change investments are adding; it’s just opinion. We have to get smarter at articulating, measuring and prioritising highest value!’ I want to optimise for highest value Pattern 1: Focus on the outcomes Pattern 5: Build the right thing Intelligent Flow Create a Learning Ecosystem ‘Things take too long. If we don’t...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...manageable within the scope of a research project. Through this course, you will learn how to recognise and produce a good research question...This free course, taken from the MA in International Relations (Part 2), explores why research questions matter and what makes a good research question. Research questions are vital for any academic inquiry, yet writing a good one...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...management. This is a companion course to Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities...Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships, is a free course that introduces you to the diagramming techniques of Influence diagrams, Multiple Cause Diagrams and Cognitive Maps. Using a case study project based in Africa, this unit illustrates the powerful use of...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...Management...Facilitating group discussions: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the key skills and behaviours required to facilitate a group discussion prepare effectively before facilitating a meeting consider some of the difficult behaviours that can occur in meetings think of some possible strategies for dealing with...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...managers and service users. Figure 3 below details the data that was collected for this research study. [A visual diagram of eight boxes split into two rows.] Figure 3 The Writing in Social Work Practice (WiSP) Research Project The Open University social work team worked with a group of people who have experience of using social work services to develop resources based on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...management Asking for help This final session will take around 120 minutes to complete. At the end of the final session there will then be a quiz to check your understanding. By passing this quiz, which should take you around 30 minutes to complete, you will also have the opportunity to earn a digital badge as evidence of your learning. You can read more on how to study...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...management to encroach on cultural life? David Throsby (2001) presented a definition incorporating the issue of ‘use value’. This brought in consideration of both the economic and cultural sides of the cultural industries. He argues that: the activities of the cultural industries involve some form of creativity in their production the cultural industries are concerned...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...management from presenting The Bottom Line over the years? Watch Read Martin Bean: Lord Reith famously said that the BBC’s mission should be to educate, to inform and to entertain. In Evan Davis, the BBC has found someone who can do all three with remarkable ease and wonderful effectiveness. The mission to education is what binds the OU and the BBC together, and it is...
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Article 5 mins