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Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...based booking systems and external advertising. Another locus of innovation could, of course, be the restaurant’s customer base. Your answer may reveal that innovation can occur in different ways and in different parts of an organisation. If considering a business organisation, for example, it could be innovation in accounting processes, innovation in ideas and design,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...De Visu / Shutterstock; Juanmonino / iStock. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...base your predictions on observations rather than on the very complicated global circulation computer models, that actually it looks like warming will be less than we thought when we double CO2, we might get away with perhaps 1.25, 1.5o warming, which would actually be quite tolerable? TL: Well, if that were true, we should all celebrate that as a good news story, but the...
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The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...based on what you have read in the media. Keep your notes safe as you will revisit this question at the end of the course, following our exploration of the evidence. You might find it interesting to see whether your views change...The impact of technology on children's physical activity: 2 In what ways do children interact with technology? - You will start by looking at...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...based on NIMH, 2015) Major depression involves severe symptoms that interfere with the ability to work, sleep, study, eat, and enjoy life. An episode can occur only once in a person’s lifetime, but more often, a person will experience several episodes. Persistent depressive disorder is where depressed mood lasts for at least two years. A person diagnosed with persistent...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...based industries. Using the value chain concept and film case studies, with input throughout from individuals involved in making those films, the course provides a practical, in-depth exploration of how film financing works, and the key business decisions that are made along the way. It addresses questions like: Why do films fail? Why are intellectual property and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...based on evidence from extensive psychological research into rapport, much of which has been carried out in a policing context. As soon as two people are in a room together, they are communicating in some way, albeit perhaps non-verbally. Imagine the following scenario: you and your colleague, Jim, are in a meeting room at work together, the first two people to arrive for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...based adventure. At the end of the course you will have the opportunity to complete a short quiz which will test your knowledge of the study material in this course. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B294 Financial analysis and decision making...Organisations and the financial system: Learning outcomes - After studying this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs