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Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...business successes of Japanese companies, it is now recognised that promoting a collective organisational identity and responsibility for decisions can sometimes slow down operations significantly, in ways that are not always compensated for by better decision making...Groups and teamwork: 2.3 Types of teams - Different organisations or organisational settings lead to...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...money, he didn’t have a hacienda or anything. But he still somehow clung on to that colonial past even though it was a long, long time ago. And there was something about that that just interested me and I kind of lifted him out and dropped him in there and some you just invent. Louis de Bernie`res There seem to be two different types of character. There’s the type...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...business, land, and wealth transfers. Increasingly reparations in relation to climate justice have also been sought. * restitution The restoration of something that has been lost or stolen. Making amends for injury or loss. Making good. * Scramble for Africa A term used to describe the rapid colonisation of Africa by the major European powers, between roughly 1880 and...
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...
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...money-and-cut-carbon-emissions-for-your-business (Accessed: 12 June 2021). Weiser, M. (1996) ‘Ubiquitous Computing’. Formerly available at: www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html (no longer available)...Session 8: A look to the future: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by David King. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms...
A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...business. An adult semi-professional football team has a new coach but the players are still disgruntled that their last coach was fired as they all liked and respected him. They do not feel the new coach has the experience and they do not like the fact that he has signed some new players to the club. Now consider whether you think that an imbalance is always present...
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...business ‘coaching’ and facilitated discussion. If you are interested in this kind of approach, you might like to consider studying our sister course BG023 Coaching for Performance...Difference and challenge in teams: 3 ‘X wants one thing, Y wants another, Z yet another – they’re all too obstinate to give way!’ - Sasha is a manager interested in developing a...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...money [so efficiently] in the amount of time that he spends [doing] it – it means a lot to us.” In the past two years alone, Olson has raised US$6 million dollars through private funding. That, however, is earmarked for staff costs and the multitude of other research projects he has in the works. When tumour paint started to seem viable, he knew he had a winning idea...