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Does handing a company on to the children work?
Money & Business

Does handing a company on to the children work?

...resources that can help improve management skills (for example, here and here). Third, taking into account that the relationship between family CEOs and their employees is distinct from other firms, it is important to involve the employees in the process of organizational change such that change can be long-lasting. In particular, it is important to understand that...
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Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...resource. The traditional hierarchy of strategy has, however, been challenged by the increasing importance of brands as a source of competitive advantage. As a result, organisations are recognising communications as a strategic issue and reconfiguring their internal and external relationships accordingly. The traditional distinctions between push, pull and profile...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
How do empires work?
History & The Arts

How do empires work?

...resources from one region to another. Watercourses such as the Grand Canal helped to make this possible, moving taxes and grain supplies from the central rice bowl of China to the north, and also on occasion moving troops and the emperor around his kingdom. We have already touched on the economic, military and cultural strands of the Qing empire. But the Qing realm was...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...human life, with the processes of death and birth always ensuring the continuation of humanity. In fact, in this scene, the Trojan warrior Glaucus is answering the Greek warrior Diomedes’ question about his parentage. Glaucus answers that his genealogy does not matter, because the generations of humanity are like generations of leaves; he says ‘one generation of men...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...resources in regions ‘lagging behind’ – the so-called ‘Objective One’ regions. Altogether five regional ‘Objectives’ were created and these subsequently became a focus for alliances, as regions of the various types, especially those with ‘industrial’ and ‘rural’ problems, sought to defend their particular interests. Though it was mainly the state...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...resource when an individual is affected by mental ill health; this resource, made up of personal contacts, is sometimes referred to as ‘social capital’ (Webber et al., 2014). Similarly, practice can vary between different types of practitioners. Some psychiatrists who have medical training might take more account of social factors than others. Some community...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...Human biology...Blood and the respiratory system: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe and illustrate the main anatomical structures of the respiratory system and the mechanics of inspiration and expiration discuss the factors that affect pulmonary ventilation outline the mechanisms of O2 and CO2 transport in the blood describe...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...resources. The UK Government, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations publish sets of ‘sustainable development indicators’ which – as well as measures such as economic growth, life expectancy and levels of inequality for different countries – include environmental indicators such as wildlife populations, pollution levels, recycling rates and annual GHG...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs