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Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice
Science, Maths & Technology

Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice

...manage and distribute goods from suppliers around the world. What systems enable big business to keep in touch with latest sales information from their stores? How are Internet and Web technologies and their associated applications used in practice? This album explores how these technologies are changing the way businesses operate internally and externally. The seven...
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How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...Management...How teams work: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the issues and processes that relate to team formation and development in a virtual context identify barriers to effective team work in a virtual environment and propose solutions review and comment on team activities in a virtual environment and develop insights...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
What is ‘woman’s work’?
Money & Business

What is ‘woman’s work’?

...manage the relation between the demands of their work and those of their family. Specifically, the analysis will focus on understanding whether the perceptions of work–family interface are constructed as conflicts and/or whether they are also viewed as opportunities for professional and personal enrichment. In exploring these experiences of work–family interface the...
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Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather
Society, Politics & Law

Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather

...manage the risks presented by nature, such as too much rain at the wrong time of the year and very harsh frosts?...Listen to the discussion below, as John Allen and Michael Pryke talk about the abilities of finance to offer a solution to risks presented by nature. Transcript This work is linked to the Environment and Society course - DD213, which studies the entanglements...
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Working and Learning In Sport and Fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working and Learning In Sport and Fitness

...managing others in a range of sport and fitness settings. The eight video tracks on this album follow professionals working in a gym, a sports college and an ice-rink. They demonstrate how to encourage motivation, how to delegate and how to improve your own instructional skills. This material forms part of The Open University course E113 Working and learning in sport and...
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Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film
Money & Business

Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film

...managers understand if there is a cluster of activities providing benefit to customers located within particular areas of the value chain. It can also prompt managers to think about the role different activities play A tool to identify what a manager should focus on in developing a more profitable business model. [Michael Porter's Value Chain] Porter's Value Chain A...
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The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace

...manage emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathise with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict. Developing emotional intelligence skills can help us to be more successful in both our personal and professional lives: developing better relationships; adapting to, and coping with, challenging situations; and improving mental...
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Why HR leaders needs to be systems thinkers
Money & Business

Why HR leaders needs to be systems thinkers

...management. Systems thinking is an approach to problem-solving that sees complex entities as a series of components with each part interacting with and influencing the rest. The approach can be applied to managing organisations: the various divisions, units and teams – the components – of a large organisation are seen to continually interact with and affect each...
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