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Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...2 Icarus as symbol and signifier - The myth of Daedalus and Icarus, the father and son who escaped from the island of Crete on wings, is told in Book 8 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Icarus has become the more familiar of the two characters as the ancient high-flyer who fell from the sky when the wax that secured his wings was melted by the sun. Icarus’ story connects up...
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...2 What do you think a typical operations manager does? Take a minute or so to consider. Discussion A stereotypical example of an operations manager would be a plant manager in charge of a factory, such as an automobile assembly plant. But other managers who work in the factory – quality managers, production and inventory control managers, and line supervisors – can...
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...2 Effective recruitment and selection - The key to successful recruitment is to ensure that the criteria of suitability are overt and relevant to the job itself. Once these criteria are agreed and shared it is possible to make more rational decisions about someone's suitability for a job, based on evidence rather than ‘gut feeling’ or instinct. Effective recruitment...
Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...2 Project stakeholders Figure 2 is adapted from the International Standard ISO 21500 Guidance on Project Management (ISO, 2012). Senior management can be grouped together, but in Figure 2 the Corporate management stakeholders, who are part of the project and organisational infrastructure, are shown separately outside the system boundary of the project, although it may be...
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...2 An example of marginal notes in the Book of Deer written in Gaelic in in the 12th century. Click here to see a map showing the location of Deer in Aberdeenshire. Seemingly remote today, Iona was, in Columba’s time, at the centre of a maritime ‘highway’ linking communities along the length of western Scotland and northern Ireland. It was a place of great influence...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...2 Higher. A lot higher. BOY 1 Higher. [MUSIC PLAYING] BOY 1 Each one of these turbines powers 500 houses, which is 2500 total. BOY 2 Solar group, if you want to gather around here. LIZ ROTHSCHILD We’ve got this fantastic team of student environmental educators who we’ve been working with in the local secondary school. BOY 2 It’s called an ‘anemometer’. Have any...
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...2 compares the roles of a team leader in these two types of team. Show description|Hide description Table 2 description The table has two columns. The first column has a heading of ‘The team leadership roles in a hierarchical team and the second column, a heading of ‘The team leadership role in a self-managed team. Under these headings there are six rows. The first...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...2), and not much more. Courtesy of Kellogg’s Figure 2 Tutankhamun cereal packet and cut-price travel advertisement In the first week of this course about art and life in ancient Egypt, you will begin with a brief look at European exploration of Egypt and its history. You will then examine how Egyptian art has influenced the various phases of European art...Week 1 The...
Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs