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Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...busy to recall the experience and so little conscious learning takes place. Of course, it's useful to carry out familiar activities ‘on auto-pilot’ – without conscious attention. It's easy to miss out on important learning from unfamiliar activities too. I may become wrapped up in the activity itself or simply not notice the range and quality of the experience....
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...Business School’s Department of Public Leadership and Social Enterprise. His main research focus is leadership and the political. Prior to working for the OU he worked in leadership development facilitation and research at the New Zealand Leadership Institute (NZLI), University of Auckland. He secured his PhD at Cranfield University, basing his thesis on public sector...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...business, etc., is named after him - the Tyndall Centre in Norwich. Box 2 'Exciting' molecular vibrations The chemical bonds that hold a molecule together are like springs and, like them, they can stretch and flex, making the molecule vibrate. Molecular vibrations always have a characteristic frequency. If a molecule absorbs radiation of a matching frequency - and hence...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...business and civil society. It is also a dynamic landscape comprised of institutions reflecting the power structures and principles of different eras. While several of the key institutions date back to the founding of the UN and Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs) in the 1940s there are many new institutions based on 21st century international power relations, such as the...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...business leaders is the same we’ll have for the political leaders. Where is your leadership? Where is good governance in your institutions? Avoiding tax is not really a wonderful thing. Why didn’t you act in a decent way? That’s a challenge we need to throw at the business community. And also, I believe that self-regulation is not enough. What we need, also, is some...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...business and is hitting all sorts of practical problems with money and people. She writes to you listing examples of the sorts of issues she is having with the business. She asks you if you have any general, life-skill advice about dealing with problems – perhaps some sort of 1, 2, 3 checklist? a.What would your checklist have on it? b.How useful do you think a general...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...business strategy all fall within the scope of the professional engineer. This course does not attempt to teach these skills, but within it you will find pointers towards them and their significance in the engineering context. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Engineering http://www.open.ac.uk/ courses/ find/ engineering...Introducing...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...business and science. It is precisely because of statistics such as these that some people feel the language has developed in such a way that, conceptually, it is now a quite different entity from its pre-globalised incarnation. We need to be a bit careful, however, when we make assertions about English using figures like these. While statements of this sort may seem...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs