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How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...introduction to working in virtual project teams by explaining terms and concepts related to teams and to projects. The complexity of the interaction of people and technology is highlighted...This free course, How teams work, provides an introduction to working in virtual project teams by explaining terms and concepts related to teams and to ......
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Business operations
Science, Maths & Technology

Business operations

...introduction to this album. BMI Baby: Outsourcing and cost management How outsourcing can reduce costs and the importance of teamwork BMI Baby: business model Looking at the operations of budget airline BMI baby. Elm Surgery: a surgery as a small business Managing a general practice in the UK and the importance of a business approach within the NHS Elm Sugery: Staffing...
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
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Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...project cycle? - The project ‘cycle’ is the dominant way of framing, managing, and understanding development interventions. [Described image] Figure 1 The project cycle Many development project management handbooks make reference to the project cycle, but the number of stages and their labels can vary quite widely. Figure 2 below is ......
Changing approaches to heritage
Society, Politics & Law

Changing approaches to heritage

...management. You can also learn more about changing approaches to archaeology and heritage management, and the relationship between heritage and public memory... Changing approaches to heritage An introduction to this album. What is world heritage? Dr Rodney Harrison of The Open University explores what is meant by world heritage and introduces the Lake District case...
Darwin's world-wide web
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin's world-wide web

...introduction to this album. The Darwin Correspondence Project An initiative set up at Cambridge University over thirty years ago. Since then, it has vastly expanded, hoping to draw in a wide range of audiences, both young and old. Darwin the collaborator The letters show that Darwin was a very generous correspondent, and in particular how positive he was to women...
Participatory development in action
Society, Politics & Law

Participatory development in action

...introduction to this album. Fighting for water Development agency support has led to greater access and management of water. Farmers in Peru have to persevere in their struggle. Learning to change the future Knowledge and technical skills are passed down through Kamayoqs to other farmers. An example of how it has changed one woman’s life. Providing communities with...
Contemporary Issues in Finance
Money & Business

Contemporary Issues in Finance

...management. Representatives from Boots, De La Rue and ABN Amro offer insights into the various issues surrounding risk – what kinds of risk their companies are concerned with; how those risks are managed; their companies' differing attitudes to those risks. The album also explores developments in single currency, pension scheme deficits and corporate governance and...
Theo on... getting celebrity endorsements
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Theo on... getting celebrity endorsements

...simple. The Open University Business School can help you sharpen your skills as a manager in charge of marketing. Selling direct to the public? The Open University has a course offering An introduction to retail management and marketing. The whole story Join Theo Paphitis as he follows nine companies seeking to expand their overseas markets: Theo's Adventure Capitalists....