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Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...creative process that involves strategic decision makers at various levels of an organisation. In this process, the work of strategic teams resembles that of an artist aiming to express their thoughts and ideas on canvas; hence the name business model canvas. You will explore this tool and how you can apply it in greater detail in Section 4 on designing business...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...writing from a particular perspective, as someone who has a senior role in a local authority service. Your own view of partnerships on the ground may be less rosy, and you might be much more sceptical. Nevertheless, we hope that studying this course encourages you to find opportunities to be creative in partnerships, to make them fit with the way you work and, above all,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...write about their day-to-day work. This provides us with an idea of how the role is developing and also how it might possibly develop in the future. Doubtless, since The Open University first launched a specific advanced qualification for teaching assistants in 1995 (The Specialist Teacher Assistant Certificate), assistants have, increasingly, become involved in the work...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...writing about freedom will reveal the wide variety of approaches to political life which have been defended in the name of freedom. The arguments we'll be examining are arguments for political or social freedom: the freedom of the individual in relation to other people and to the state. The aim is to explain and unravel some arguments for this kind of freedom. In the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...write down below in the text box the key points that are relevant to your role. Discussion Your answers to this activity will be personal to yourself. In capturing the 3–4 action points you can develop these further into a robust action plan. Not only can this action plan be used for your next appraisal, the work you do can also be used as evidence of study hours...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The caring manager in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The caring manager in health and social care

...writing a list of tasks; the keys to effective time management are goal awareness and personal awareness. You need to know what your important work tasks are (these may be related to your team and/or service) and consider the competing demands on your time and how to prioritise and delegate. You then need to be able to recognise your strengths and weaknesses and to find a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Intermediate French: Holiday plans
Languages

Intermediate French: Holiday plans

...write an informal postcard or letter identifying the advantages and disadvantages of a holiday resort and/or describing personal holiday plans make a short oral presentation about personal holiday plans question other people about their plans...Intermediate French: Holiday plans: 1 Sur la Côte d'Amour - This section on summer holidays in France starts with a video...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Course image: wildpixel/Getty Images Introducing Black leadership...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs