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Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...social purpose. Most businesses, large and small, face inter-connected challenges. These include, for example, what the next innovation or change that will affect the businesses and markets they work in is, how turbulence and change will affect those markets, what and who the new markets and customers to target will be, how existing customers will be kept satisfied, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...Social and Political Union, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and the First World War shaped and affected the battle for the vote...This free course focuses on one example of democratic protest: the campaign to extend the vote to women in the UK. In the course you'll be introduced to two key figures in the campaign, Ada Nield Chew and May Billinghurst, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...social issue. Voters are not keen to be made homeless by flooding and so the government may feel obliged to pick up the welfare bill of supporting those left destitute by floods. However, the household’s decision to live in a flood plain might be less than rational and so a case of bounded rationalityif its confidence in the government were misplaced. Similarly, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...social aspects of teamwork. [Described image] (Source: Adair, 1983) Figure 3 The internal elements of team effectiveness Different leaders will inevitably have different styles and approaches to leadership. Some leaders may tend towards a more directive style, wanting to tell team members what to do. The danger here is alienating the team and not allowing room for...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...social, cultural or political terms, a regionalist movement seeking more autonomy for a region, or a regionally-based nationalist movement which seeks a separate state; or indeed it may refer to any combination of these...A Europe of the Regions?: 2.2 Diversity between states - To attempt more precise definitions would run the risk of arbitrarily excluding many of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...social media to its full potential (to develop relationships). What does marketing contribute? Marketing is a process that everyone in the company is involved with (satisfying customer needs, at a profit). So everyone is in marketing!! The marketing function must be configured to use appropriate skills and techniques to support this ambition and be able to demonstrate...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show
History & The Arts

A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

...and provided us a bit of folly at the end of the night and thus the sanity to face the madness of our political and social worlds the next day. As President Obama told Stewart at the end of his final appearance on the show, You’ve been a great gift to the country. [The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Article 5 mins
Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?

...social media. Born to Pierre and his wife Margaret while Trudeau was prime minister, Justin spent his childhood in full view of the media – particularly when his parent’s marriage publicly disintegrated in the 1970s. Personality-wise, he is said to much more closely resemble his vibrant mother than his stoic father, and he appeared destined for a life outside of...
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Article 5 mins