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Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...et al, 2000; Reiter-Palmon and Illies, 2004). Problems can come in the form of opportunities as well as obstacles, so in this course the term ‘challenges’ will be used to reflect the complex and interrelated problems that leaders often face in turbulent, changing times. [Described image] Figure 1 Overcoming challenges A leadership challenge is a situation that leaders...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...article might answer for you. b.Then scan read the article. Focus on: i.the title ii.the opening paragraph iii.the sentence in each of the following paragraphs which makes clear the topic of the paragraph iv.and the entire final paragraph. Working up a sweat Ivor Gaber on the division of housework … and the wage gap between the genders Who works harder, men or women? In...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...article by Lucy Johnstone (2012) ‘Formulation – The psychological alternative to diagnosis’. Read the article and think about how the approach described compares with the medical perspective to investigating mental health problems that you considered in Section 2. Make notes on how formulation differs from diagnosis. Comment Johnstone says: ‘Formulation is the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...et al. (2006) point out that ‘These beliefs are basic in the sense that they must be accepted simply on faith (however well argued); there is no way of establishing truthfulness’ (p. 54)...Exploring educational leadership: 4 Agency - Agency is a concept that has long dominated Western thought in sociology, economics, philosophy and psychology. The agency of...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...et al., 1983) [This cartoon shows three people peering into a box labelled ‘situation’ through a magnifying glass] Figure 2 Choices that can be made about the nature of a situation such as water governance and catchment management situations (adapted from SLIM 2004). For practical purposes it is essential to remember that both the rational and the emotional aspects...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...et al. (2009, p. 5), the modern corporation has all five of the following characteristics: separate legal personality limited liability of its shareholders centralised delegated management under a board structure transferable shares (in the case of listed companies: freely tradable shares) absentee investor ownership. You will look at these each in turn next...Companies...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...et al., 2001) used brain imaging techniques to visualize dopamine receptor availability in the brains of both normal weight and morbidly obese individuals (Figure 9a). They found significantly lowered dopamine receptor availability in the ventral striatum of the obese individuals. Activity 24a If dopamine receptor availability is lowered, what might be the effect on the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...et al., 2018) Total 6495 Recently extinct 96 Living 6399 Living wild 6382 Mammals have been around for a long time. Fossils of the shrew-like Megazostrodon have been found in strata in southern Africa that are 200 million years old. [Described image] Figure 4 An early mammal, Megazostrodon Rather than shuffling along, with splayed-out limbs in the manner of many reptiles,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs