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Management in Chinese cultures
Money & Business

Management in Chinese cultures

...course B822 Creativity, innovation and change... Management in Chinese cultures An introduction to this album. Clan-based networking Exploring the relationship between Confucian values and the way companies do business in Asia. Guanxi How a form of business relationship that entails mutual obligation is a common way of starting up businesses in Asia. East-West management...
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Atom Bomb in Popular Culture
History & The Arts

Atom Bomb in Popular Culture

...Course A327 Europe 1914-1989: war, peace, modernity... A Bomb Is Born German surrender brought the Second World War in Europe to an end. Mad About A Bomb By the end of the 1950s, public opinion about the bomb had started to shift. A Bomb Under Reagan By the 1970s the Cold War tensions were beginning to thaw, as people grew less worried about nuclear catastrophe than about...
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Understanding Globalisation
Money & Business

Understanding Globalisation

...course B835 The dynamics of strategy... Understanding Globalisation Susan Segal Horn explains why the word ‘Globalisation’ is misused Cultural Homogenisation Susan Segal Horn explains how national cultures are becoming less different Technical developments Technological developments and change operate beyond national borders Is globalisation a good or bad thing? Susan...
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Exploring wave motion
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring wave motion

...course Exploring Science... Exploring wave motion A brief introduction to this album. Properties of waves Andrew Norton uses a ripple tank to demonstrate some basic features of waves. Oscillation and wave speed Andrew Norton demonstrates the effects of changing the driving frequency of the oscillator that's creating the wave. Apertures and diffraction Andrew Norton shows...
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Changing the way we work
Money & Business

Changing the way we work

...course B822 Creativity, innovation and change... Changing the way we work An introduction to this album. Turning organisations upside down How organisational structures are changing. Using the Japanese concept of Kaisen to motivate employees. Empowerment Getting rid of conventional structures for increased productivity at work. Teleworking Working life is increasingly...
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Showing the way they went
Science, Maths & Technology

Showing the way they went

...course MU120 Open mathematics... Showing the way they went A short introduction to this album. A hot air balloon journey An insight into the planning that goes into a hot air balloon journey and also how maps can be produced through filming from a hot air balloon. Spherical geometry This track shows us how a hot air balloon is produced and how the application of spherical...
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Investigating fungi: the wood-wide web
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating fungi: the wood-wide web

...course S204 Biology: uniformity and diversity... Investigating fungi: the wood-wide web A short introduction to this album. Investigating symbiotic relationships Dr David Robinson explains the relationship between fungi and living trees. Unearthing the woodwide web Where to find fungi, and the role that they play in the forest. Mutual benefits How fungi use nutrients in...
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Investigating addiction
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating addiction

...course SD805 Issues in brain and behaviour... Physiological aspects of addictions A look at what can happen to our brain if we become addicted and a discussion of the long term effects. The addiction files Brian is an alcoholic on a journey to find out why he became an addict. Social influences on addiction Brian's social experiences are very different to that of his...
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