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Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...history of the changing nature of operations in a manufacturing context, but emphasises that the operations function is significant in all types of organisation, whether they produce goods or provide services, and whether they are in the private, public or voluntary sectors. This course presents a process model of operations that describes inputs being transformed into...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...families. In a campaigning organisation with a ‘green’ outlook a high-level objective might be to encourage the public to reduce their dependence on the private motor car. Activity 4 Think of a group of which you are a member; it could be any group such as a group where you work, your family or a club. Write down three to five high-level objectives you think such a...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...family estate. He proposes to leave one divided by two of the estate to his son, one divided by three to his daughter and one divided by six to his brother. Who gets the biggest share? Who gets the smallest share? Method When numerators of fractions are all 1, the larger the denominator of the fraction, the smaller the fraction. Looking at the example above, the fractions...
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Free course 48 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...family, group, local and national level, but within these different dimensions the conflict may be at different stages and heading in a range of directions involving escalation on a destructive path, or de-escalation towards settlement of conflict (Kriesberg, 2011). In other words, there is more than one conflict at play. Here you have read a brief overview of the nature...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...history, S01 E03 9pm, 4 February 2010 © BBC 1.2.6 Myths of radiation video © courtesy Museum of Quackery, May 2007 1.3.6 The early days of fission © The Open University and its licensors Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...family, my community, my spiritual teacher. It just hit me - a ton of bricks. I finally had to face the truth of the incredible series of selfish decisions I'd been making for years. Justifying it in all kinds of ways. Thinking I was basically a good person. Thinking I love my son. All of which on some level was true, but it certainly wasn't playing out in my actions. So...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Ratio, proportion and percentages
Science, Maths & Technology

Ratio, proportion and percentages

...family income. 75% of the women were in paid work; 90% of the men were in paid work; 18% of the couples had a joint income of less than £160 per week. (a) How many women were in paid work? (b) How many men were in paid work? (c) How many couples had a joint income of less than £160 per week? Answer (a) 75% of 840 = 0.75 × 840 = 630, so 630 women were in paid work. (b)...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...family of compounds called alcohols, all of which have an —OH group attached to a hydrocarbon chain that is often depicted simply by the symbol R. Table 1: The structures of the main functional groups...Pain and aspirin: 4.3 Aspirin - Question 1 Compare the structure of aspirin, 2.8, with that of salicylic acid, 2.7. What similarities and differences can you see?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs