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Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...social unit. He suggests that for both of these to work effectively teams need to: review objectives and find ways of achieving them reflect on the ways in which the team provides support to members, how conflicts are resolved and what the social climate of the team is like. West has developed a questionnaire, set out in Box 9, to measure how well these two factors are...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...work that they do. Gemma highlights social media as a key way to get messages across. She mentions the organisation CharityComms, which provides advice on marketing and communication. If marketing or communication is part of your role (or an area you would like to explore), then you might want to visit their website at the end of this week or at the end of the course. Now...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Does prison work?
Society, Politics & Law

Does prison work?

...socially disadvantaged, people who are alcohol and drug addicted, people who don't have work and stable ties, and that's the prison population. So, they're vulnerable before they come into custody but then you have to look at what the stage is that they're at in custody. Often it's a period where family ties are finally cut. If relationships have been a bit dodgy then...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...work, or socially. Here we discuss a number of examples, based on the discussion in Wenger (2009). Business organisations have been quick to adopt the communities of practice concept because they recognise that organisational knowledge is a critical asset that needs to be managed strategically. Prior attempts to manage knowledge in organisations have often focused on...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
What is ‘woman’s work’?
Money & Business

What is ‘woman’s work’?

...work”...The main aim of this chapter is to illustrate the ways in which Italian women entrepreneurs experience and manage the relation between the demands of their work and those of their family. Specifically, the analysis will focus on understanding whether the perceptions of work–family interface are constructed as conflicts and/or whether they are also viewed as...
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Managing Relationships and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing Relationships and Work

...Work hub has been designed to help you understand your workplace relationships. It provides you with skills, tools, resources and short courses to manage and maintain healthy and sustaining professional relationships with your colleagues. ...Workplace relationships A relationship is the connection or association between two things or people. Key psychological aspects of a...
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Article 10 mins
The working-class garden
Society, Politics & Law

The working-class garden

...working class traditions out to make way for all that decking...Find out about The Open University's Open degree Laurie Taylor: Sometime in the early ‘70s I found myself in the back room of a very large estate pub chairing a meeting of local council tenants. Well as I remember, the meeting had been organised by a couple of tenants who felt particularly aggrieved by a...
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Department for Work & Pensions
Education & Development

Department for Work & Pensions

...Work & Pensions has partnered with the Open University to offer free training tools designed to help people find a job, advance their career or grow their business...[Logo for the UK department for work and pensions] Through partnerships with leading providers of online education, the DWP are promoting resources that will benefit learners everywhere. They have selected...
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Article 5 mins