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School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...manager both significant and necessary. Government thinking, together with profound changes in society generally, will affect every institution both in terms of pedagogy and the physical environment, particularly technology and levels of security employed. This free course, School business manager: Developing the role, will look at how you, an existing or aspiring...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
A taste of digital management from OpenLearn
Digital & Computing

A taste of digital management from OpenLearn

Interested in business management, technology management or computing and IT? You're in the right place - here's just a taste of materials you can explore here, now, for free on OpenLearn.
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Article 5 mins
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...managers with OR and management science projects at the time Rosenhead suggested his alternatives. Table 5: Caracteristics of doing traditional operations research in comparison to alternatives that were suggested in the early 1980s CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADITIONAL OR ALTERNATIVE CHARACTERISTICS FOR OR 1 Problems and opportunities are formulated in terms of a single...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...management curriculum and coloniality...As part of The Open University’s events marking Black History Month, I was invited to give a presentation on the connection between the management curriculum and our colonial heritage. In particular, I tried to problematise the ways in which a ‘Western-centric’ and stereotypical idea of culture is taught in mainstream...
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Video 40 mins
Integrated health, safety and environmental management
Science, Maths & Technology

Integrated health, safety and environmental management

...management within each different sphere. It includes a visit to Fox's Biscuits and Brooksby Agricultural College in the UK and the city of Pittsburgh in the USA, and includes interviews with participants, academics and professional experts. The material forms part of The Open University course T835, Integrated health, safety and environmental management... Integrated...
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Audio 1 hr 11 mins
Can you manage a supply chain?
Money & Business

Can you manage a supply chain?

...manage the process for one of the UK's most popular items - cans of baked beans! The goal is simple - keep your supply chain costs as low as possible and your customers happy. An introduction to the Supply Chain game Dr Paul Walley of The Open University provides the story behind the game in a short video below. Transcript DR PAUL WALLEY Many years ago a professor from...
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Activity 10 mins
Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...manage your finances. You will learn how to budget effectively, and will be encouraged to start thinking about your financial future...The course takes no more than 24 hours of study with learners typically completing it in 12 to 16 hours. Is this course for me? Managing your money really is a true skill for life. This free Open University course will give you the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing my money with Bobby Seagull
Money & Business

Managing my money with Bobby Seagull

Watch Bobby Seagull talk to students and ex-students about their experiences of living in shared rental accommodation while at university.
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Video 15 mins