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Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...classed as an innovation, it actually needs to be implemented or applied. Next you will look at whether these definitions of creativity and innovation apply equally in all contexts...Making creativity and innovation happen: 1.3 Intercultural perspectives - In a world where English has emerged as the de facto lingua franca of business and places like Silicon Valley are the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...classed as hollow. The cavities in hollow objects can be quite simple but they can also be more complex, involving re-entrant angles (re-entrant angle: a shape in the mould which would prevent the product from being removed from the mould after solidification), as is the case with the carburettor body in Figure 1. [Figure 15] Figure 15 Plastic saucepan handle and its...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...feedback loop The upper part of the diagram shows a basic input–output model. The central box refers to the transformation by which inputs are converted to outputs. This is usually some kind of process and can be generalised as the organisation itself. The input refers to something being put into the system (in this case the system is an organisation). This is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...feedback is anonymous but will have massive value to us in improving what we deliver. Take our Open University start-of-course survey...Week 1: Beginning the journey: 1.1 Map of the night sky - [An image of an Orion star wheel.] Figure 2 Map of the night sky. Before you get going, as on every well-prepared expedition, you need to take a map. In this case, though, the map...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing relational care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing relational care

...de Lappe, J., Kartupelis, J, Larkin, M. and Wilson, A. (2023a) The value and practice of relational care with older people: a research report by The Open University. Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.21954/ ou.ro.00015a63 (Accessed 30 January 2024). Gopinath, M., de Lappe, J., Kartupelis, J., Larkin, M. and Wilson, A. (2023b) The value and practice of relational care with...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...feedbacks. You're then trying to extrapolate upon that. I'm minded of a British academic, Canadian academic I beg your pardon, John Adams, UCL; who used to say: 'Roger, if you multiply funny numbers by funny numbers you get hilarious numbers.' RT: Oh, that’s very true and we should not underestimate the scale of the issue here or the scale of the problems here. And it's...
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Audio 5 mins
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...feedback of this activity. Discussion Now watch Video 5. NARRATOR: A company is planning on launching a new product. It was thinking of launching in June next year but believes that a rival is also considering launching a similar product. The company is considering bringing the launch forward to the end of this year. This will cost an extra 3 million euros to do, and the...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...feedback about their performance. Finding information about health, signs, symptoms and diagnosis – Both Information about health and what to expect from treatments are very useful. It can also help you to make decisions about what service you need and in what circumstance, e.g. whether to go to your GP or urgent care centre. However, not all websites are created...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs