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Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...system in a test instrument called the ‘Organisational Trust Inventory’. This is the topic of the next activity. Activity 4: The Organisational Trust Inventory Timing: Allow 60 minutes for this activity The Organisational Trust Inventory was developed in 1995 by Philip Bromiley and Larry Cummings as a means of analysing the levels of trust both within and between...
Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...systems, this can be challenging. We hope your journey in this short course has gone some way to helping you to navigate some of these challenges and set you up to succeed in your studies. Remember, with the Open qualifications the sky’s the limit! What will your Open qualification look like?...Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University: Acknowledgements...
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...system for representing, or ‘transliterating’, Greek letters in English. A transliteration can be a useful tool in the initial stages of learning Greek, because it can confirm that you have understood each individual letter correctly. For example: Ποσειδων Poseidо̄n λεγω legо̄ (= ‘I say’) σοφος sophos (= ‘wise’) The following letters are...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...systems across the world. Data from the PIRLS studies have shown that children who express positive attitudes toward reading and who are motivated to read outside of school achieve higher scores on reading assessments (McGrane et al., 2017). It stands to reason that children who enjoy reading tend to read more and thus become better at reading, yet choosing to read also...
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...systems are thus best considered to be in dynamic equilibrium – that is, they appear to be stable, but only over a certain duration of time. For example, Earth’s temperature over the last million or so years appears to be relatively constant. But since the Industrial Revolution of the 1850s – a relatively short timespan of 150 years – there has been a consistent...
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...system that nurtures the child in their most formative years. A strong relationship between caregivers and parents fosters trust. When parents trust the caregiver, they feel more comfortable and secure leaving their child in their care. Open communication ensures that parents are informed about their child’s day, progress, and any concerns that may arise. [Described...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...systems (such as combining forces) using vectors perform simple algebraic procedures using vectors...Introducing vectors for engineering applications: Background - It is common in engineering for physical phenomena to be represented as vector fields. A vector field is a mathematical representation of a system that describes how a quantity, such as a force, changes over an...
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...system by booking it for long periods of time or for no good reason. Should we perhaps decide what constitutes a good reason now or is that best left to people’s own consciences? [During this speech, Grace leans across to Mark and they have a whispered conversation across Marcus and Lisa] LISA What do you think about this Grace? GRACE About what? LISA Well, Marcus was...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs