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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Education & Development

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

...leadership Organisational and workforce development IT and technology Corporate social responsibility At the bottom of the list you'll find a selection of badged courses. These courses take 24 hours to complete and provide a free digital badge on completion which you can download, display and share as a mark of your achievement. The badges are not accredited by the Open...
Why was the Systems Thinking in Practice hub created?
Society, Politics & Law

Why was the Systems Thinking in Practice hub created?

...leadership roles to understand and address complex and sometimes even ‘wicked’ problems through provision of expert systemic analysis, advice and facilitation’. We at the OU have been teaching and researching systems thinking in practice for 50 years. Many of our staff and students have played significant roles in many different organisations and in many different...
International Management
Money & Business

International Management

...Leadership and management in intercultural contexts... Introduction to International Management In this series we are going to take a look at three different perspectives on managing across cultures. In each we will hear from experienced international managers and from academics around the world who have studied these problems. Cultural Differences Culture affects how we...
Employee-owned firms: More engaged and productive employees?
Money & Business

Employee-owned firms: More engaged and productive employees?

...leadership which recognises the potential inherent in co-ownership and which animates that potential by continual supportive steps to make it real. [John Lewis motto on employee happiness] This finding sat alongside a mixed set of outcomes with regard to measures of productivity, absenteeism, employee attitudes and employee turnover. Workers in both firms demonstrated...
Systems explained by Humberto Maturana
Money & Business

Systems explained by Humberto Maturana

...Leadership’ and on the same evening participated in a facilitated public conversation about ‘Biology, Love and Social Responsibility’ with the OU’s Professor Stephen Rose. We hope to be able to present on this site some recordings from these events in the future. 1. Humberto Maturana's understanding and use of the term 'System' Transcript 2. Distinctions between...
Learning at Work Week: The OpenLearn Intrapreneurship Hub
Miscellaneous

Learning at Work Week: The OpenLearn Intrapreneurship Hub

...registered to support you and your business. Leadership Entrepreneurship AI and digital skills And remember, look out for more details on our exclusive content and how to receive it in your Learning at Work week newsletters and, in the meantime, dive in and explore what OpenLearn has to offer – bite-sized, free learning solutions to suit organisations of any size....
Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference
Education & Development

Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference

...leadership staff from the three nation offices and our School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport as well as an innovative ‘reverse’ panel with panellists again, representing the nations of the UK and Ireland. In this short video, Carolyn Cooke explains a little about the conference and gives an introduction to the hub. [Welcome to The OU Education
Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...leadership and management behaviours, where these are both authentic and foster trust, plus inspire people to work towards a goal or vision. Providing employees with a meaningful voice, such as facilitating upwards feedback, and enabling respectful, adult-to-adult conversations, is also critical organisational and team factors, where employee contributions that are...