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Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...business institutions, there was much more difficulty to come by funding than it was for some of our colleagues engaged in mainstream criminology. So I think these were the two contexts which led us to the book and the article. Dr. Deborah Drake Great. In the article and the related book chapter, you cover a number of challenges associated with researching crimes of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...busy life to one which is a lot quieter. It takes time to come around to the fact that you're not well enough to work. Work was everything. It's where my friends were, that's what I did. As a teacher, you pray for the holidays to arrive. But I had all this time and didn't know what to do with it. I was very fortunate, because the hospital helped me straight away. Because...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...business, and improving information about individual workers would help remove statistical discrimination, so that firms did not need to use stereotypes based on group characteristics in deciding whom to employ. Institutional economists, on the other hand, believe that the causes of labour market disadvantage are structural, built into the institutions of the economy,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
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
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