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Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...C. W. Churchman ‛Churchman, C.W. (1971) The Design of Inquiring Systems, Basic Books, New York”, who was one of the first people to write about what systems thinking might mean in practice, when he said ‘there are no experts in a systems approach’. When I look at the people whom I believe to be experts in this area, I realize there are many ways of being good at...
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...c) spiked water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) is tolerant. Figure 1.9 illustrates the relationship between levels of total phosphorus in standing water and the nutrient status of lakes. Above a level of 0.1 mg phosphorus per litre, biodiversity often declines. Using the trophic bands defined in Table 1.2, this is the concentration at which lakes are considered to become...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta
Languages

“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta

...las tinte na hathbheochana reatha sna sé chontae. Spreag an réabhlóid theanga seo bunú Scoil Ghaeilge Bhéal Feirste (nó Bunscoil Phobal Feirste mar is fearr aithne uirthi anois) in 1971, an chéad bhunscoil lán-Ghaeilge ó thuaidh, agus chláraigh 9 ndalta sa chéad bhliain sin. De thairbhe gur chuig ceannairí na scoile rogha oideachais ar fáil ina dteanga féin,...
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...c, 9 = j, 10 = d...Marketing communications in the digital age: 2.2 Managing the communications process - The overriding objective of the communications process is to minimise the difference between the meaning that is encoded into the message and the meaning that is decoded by the receiver. As such, a great deal of attention will be placed on those elements that can help...
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...c) The moral and educational condition of Blacks is worse in the West Indies than it was in Africa before they were enslaved. (d) Slavery is an enormity inconsistent with the Christian and humane professions of the British nation. (e) Personal independence, human dignity, and ‘the consolations and supports’ of religion require emancipation from chattel slavery. (f)...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...C. (1997) ‘A systems model of effective teamwork’, The TQM Magazine, vol. 9, issue 2, pp. 118–27. Kakabadse, A., Ludlow, R. and Vinnicombe, S. (1988) Working in Organizations, Harmondsworth, Penguin. Katzenbach, J. and Smith, D. (1993) The Wisdom of Teams, Boston, MA, Harvard Business School Press. Mabey, C., Salaman, G. and Story, J. (1998) Human Resource...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...c. 530 BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. The Iliad and Odyssey are many thousands of lines long (each was divided into 24 subsections, or books, by later editors) yet they still do not tell the whole story of the Trojan War, nor were they the only version of these stories known to ancient Greeks. They form part of a much wider mythical tradition which was told...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...C. (2018) ‘The challenges and possibilities of including students in middle school leadership: Building and sustaining change’, Journal of Ethical Educational Leadership, (1), pp.1–9. Read from the section Researcher (p68) to the end of the article (p74). The following acronyms are used in this extract: School Based Initiatives Team (SBI), Student Leadership Group...