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Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...family and roles associated with work. Other major sources of stress that are not confined to managers but affect them include: Relationship problems. People who have difficulties with their manager, their staff or their colleagues may exhibit symptoms of stress. Support. All staff need adequate support from colleagues and superiors. Career uncertainty. Uncertainty often...
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...families lost their livelihood. Moving to the present day, ‘the commons’ has a wider meaning for environmental specialists. It refers to any resource held in common for the use or benefit of society as a whole such as air, water, land and eco-systems. In the modern context, the above quotation suggests that the commons can be degraded or removed at no cost to the...
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...family or friends, obtaining a personal (unsecured) loan, or a loan secured on assets personally owns the assets of the business has unlimited liability for the debts, torts and crimes of the business is entitled to the profits of the business makes the decisions on the nature and running of the business. In addition, when the owner decides to stop working or passes away,...
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...family of dark energy models are those in which the equation of state evolves, i.e. w changes with time. These are known as quintessence models, and provide a slightly different explanation for why normal cap omega sub normal cap lamda is unimportant in the early Universe, but dominates at late times. In this model, w can be written as a function of the scale factor, a ,...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...family far from home. Nothing will ever bring those back. RUPERT WINGFIELD-HAYES No one has died from radiation in Fukushima. But unable to return home and rebuild their lives, a growing number of evacuees are dying - from anxiety, from suicide, and from losing the will to live. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News, in Fukushima. Three years after the tsunami in Fukushima,...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses, for example enrolling at a college for a formal qualification. (You...
Free course 48 hrs
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...family” groups and teams’, ‘provid[ing] resources’, ‘provid[ing] positive role models’, ‘provid[ing] support groups in which learning problems can be aired and discussed’ and ‘remov[ing] barriers and build[ing] new supporting systems and structures’ (Schein, 2017, pp. 328–329) Stage 2 – Learning new concepts, new meanings for old concepts and new...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Rounding and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Rounding and estimation

...family of five. The presents cost £2.15, £3.02, £2.99 and two at £2.50. Estimate your share of this cost. However, when you used your calculator to calculate your share: using the calculator you got the answer £9.41. Why doesn’t this answer make sense? Investigate what you might have done wrong. Answer The cost of the presents is roughly £2 + £3 + £3 + £5 (= 2...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs