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Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...change agent for equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging...This free course, Introducing Union Black, aims to build your confidence as a change agent for equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. For some learners, this will be a journey into a little-known or misunderstood history and experiences of people racialised as non-white and, for many others, it will be an...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The database development life cycle
Science, Maths & Technology

The database development life cycle

...change: rows can just be added for this data with an appropriate category for the cost. You can see from Solution 1 that any additional data can have a different impact on each alternative data-recording technique. Databases may be expected to change, so you need to appreciate that making the right choice of tables is important for the long-term success of the database...
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...changing nature of operations in a manufacturing context, but emphasises that the operations function is significant in all types of organisation, whether they produce goods or provide services, and whether they are in the private, public or voluntary sectors. This course presents a process model of operations that describes inputs being transformed into outputs within...
How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...changes in percentage? Use percentage points Summary Introduction Transcript When we want to compare figures from two different countries, what makes for a fair basis of comparison? Does a house containing one person that produces one sack of rubbish a week produce more waste than a shared house of 4 students producing no rubbish for three weeks at a time then 15 sacks...
Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...changes in organisational dynamics, which have led to a focus on trust within modern economies, and investigate the specific consequences of a lack of trust within organisations. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Business and Management...Developing high trust work relationships: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able...
Beyond power and resistance: Politics at the radical limits
Money & Business

Beyond power and resistance: Politics at the radical limits

...change? Despite its best intentions, resistance has often become incorporated and neutered before it achieves its aims, as new forms of power absorb it and turn it towards their own ends. Since the Enlightenment, the opposing forces of power and resistance have framed our view of society and politics. Exploring that development, this book shows how resistance can,...
Opening the wardrobe
Money & Business

Opening the wardrobe

...practitioners and other sustainability experts. The hope is to discover how understanding more about clothing ownership can provide clues about how this behaviour can be changed. *correct at time of publication in August 2013 If you would like to contribute an expert blog, we would love to hear from you. Please contact either Sally Dibb or Helen Roby for further details....
History How-to videos: Paper and ink
History & The Arts

History How-to videos: Paper and ink

...changes, if it goes from being darker to more faint then it’s likely to be from the 18th Century or before, when people had to dip their pens in the ink far more often. During the 19th century, steel or metal nibs were introduced, which meant that the quality of the ink was much more consistent. If this is the case then your document was written in the 19th Century or...