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Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...system boundary of the project, although it may be appropriate to represent them inside the boundary, depending on structures within a particular organisation. The project sponsor is part of the project board or project steering committee. Following the definition of roles within ISO 21500: The project sponsor authorises the project, makes executive decisions, and solves...
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...system seems grounded in conflict. Opposing parties ‘attack’ each other’s positions, a shadow cabinet tracks the every move of government – keeping it in check and arguing vehemently for issues to be seen from an alternative perspective. In such systems, two (or more) teams are involved in the opposition – though we often hear that the same sort of conflict...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...system, which consists primarily of shares in technology companies. But the object of the CAPM is to represent the market as a whole and not the top 100 shares only. So, for our purposes, a more appropriate UK index would be the FTSE All Share Index, which in 2009 included 619 shares, weighted by market value, and these shares represented in value terms around 98 per cent...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...system to collect news of interesting and relevant contemporary developments in science? Could each ‘story’ be linked to a scheme of work? What other opportunities exist for promoting the global dimension in science, for example, through display or student projects? As well as using resources like those in Section 3 ‘In the classroom’, you could try: telling...
The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...system was code-named ‘Ultra’, and was one of the best-kept secrets of the Second World War. From a historian’s point of view, the exposure of Ultra has been a lesson in how cautious we must be in analysing historical evidence and drawing conclusions about what happened. A good example of this point concerns the hunt for the German battleship, the Bismarck, in the...
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...system. The spinal cord goes from the brain down to the lower part of the back. It is responsible for taking messages to the brain from the rest of the body, and from the brain to the rest of the body. When we look at the brain image we can see three main parts: the cerebrum the cerebellum the brainstem. Each of these parts controls a number of important functions. The...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Lleihau ôl troed carbon digidol y cwmwl
Nature & Environment

Lleihau ôl troed carbon digidol y cwmwl

...system gyfrifiadura, ond ar raddfa eithriadol. Mae'r raddfa hon yn lluosi effaith y cwmwl, y da a'r drwg. Ein tasg ar lefel TG sefydliadol yw gwybod sut i nodi'r effeithiau negyddol a'u lleihau, gan hyrwyddo a chyflymu'r effeithiau cadarnhaol ar yr un pryd. Mae'r erthygl hon yn ystyried rhai o'r ffyrdd y mae'r cwmwl yn cyfrannu at ein holion troed carbon digidol o brosesu...
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...system requires an active response from the recipient. If the doctor is interested in the product, he or she sends a message to the manufacturer requesting a fuller brief. Source: adapted from Economist (2001) Considering customer preferences makes communications more effective – and more economical. Failure to follow consumers’ changing media preferences can be...