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Customer Service: Expert's Corner with Professor Sally Dibb
Money & Business

Customer Service: Expert's Corner with Professor Sally Dibb

...business, including how globalisation affects brands and why is customer relationship management so important?...[Sally Dibb] Why do some businesses bend over backwards to keep customers happy, and why do some of them appear not to care? What is the impact of poor customer service on a business and how much does it cost them to invest in improving their infrastructure? To...
Unlikely Leaders
Money & Business

Unlikely Leaders

...business leader still entirely relevant today? In these recent times of massive political and economic upheaval, it appears that society’s faith in its traditional leaders is at its lowest ebb: for many they're no longer a source of support or trust, and as a result people have started looking elsewhere. In this series of short films, Open University experts nominate...
Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic
Society, Politics & Law

Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic

...money for college. He also volunteered for local politicians. That led to recommendations for paid work and eventually Hussen got a job working for a Liberal Party candidate who eventually became Premier of Ontario. He left that to become president of the Canadian Somali Congress and community organizing. But Hussen is adamant: “I'm Canadian first, and Somali second.”...
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...business: raises finance by investing his or her own money, borrowing money from family or friends, obtaining a personal (unsecured) loan, or a loan secured on assets personally owns the assets of the business has unlimited liability for the debts, torts and crimes of the business is entitled to the profits of the business makes the decisions on the......
International Management
Money & Business

International Management

...money? Why are so many good international managers coming out of Eastern Europe? Few enterprises nowadays remain untouched by global influences. Few managers can expect to go through their professional lives without the need to interact with people from other cultures; as a result it has become essential to understand the culture and social and economic institutions of...
Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic

...business model. Looking forwardJacky eventually left her job in the care home and took up employment as a cleaner in a local supermarket. Looking ahead and thinking about the changes she would like to see in the care sector she says: “They always say care first and they really have to do that. They have to care about the residents first. And the biggest thing I’d like...
Five ways to... use free software
Science, Maths & Technology

Five ways to... use free software

...money tight? Save some cash by spending less on your computer: discover five ways to use free software...Owning and running a computer used to be an expensive business. However, in recent years hardware and software has come down in price significantly. The rise of the open source movement and increased competition means that it’s now possible to equip your computer...
Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?
Money & Business

Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?

...money may soon run out. Leigh Sparks explains how a High Street stalwart can come so badly unstuck...Department store BHS has gone into administration after failing to find a buyer. It is a worrying time for more than 10,000 employees and could be viewed as another piece of evidence that the UK high street is in terminal decline. Retailers have been battered by the...