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Business Bursts: Marketing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Marketing

...let’s say Mercedes Benz has. So everything about the message being sent out was wrong. So people just didn’t buy Rover cars because the product didn’t reflect what they thought it was, which is why Rover went bankrupt. 3’50” Get your marketing right Get your message clear with The Open University's course An introduction to retail management and marketing...
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Video 5 mins
Grad, Div and Curl
Science, Maths & Technology

Grad, Div and Curl

...introduction to this album. Grad Introduction to this gradient vector. What is meant by 'steepness of a path' on a hillside. Div Introduction to the divergence div. Heat flow and temperature distribution inside a modern nuclear reactor. Curl Introduction to this vector operation through the context of modelling water flow in a river. How curl helps in predicting storms....
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Audio 26 mins
Water supply and treatment in the UK
Science, Maths & Technology

Water supply and treatment in the UK

...management including the bodies representing the consumer, the environment, and the suppliers. The scope of the discussion ranges from wastage and emergency treatment to recycling and effluent control. In two bonus audio tracks, OU lecturer Dr Suresh Nesaratnam explains why the case studies were selected and gives an overview of the academic context in which water supply...
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Audio 52 mins
Hope in a changing climate
Nature & Environment

Hope in a changing climate

...introduction to this album. Academic introduction to the 'Hope in a changing climate' film Leading academics Joe Smith and Vince Gauci discuss some of the key issues highlighted in the film. China's Loess Plateau Loess is a thin soil. When it is dry it is whisked up into great sand storms, which blight Beijing and other cities. As part of the restoration project farmers...
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Audio 56 mins
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...introduction to studying Business & Management. It took you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and helped to improve you confidence as an independent learner...Working in groups and teams: References - Adair, J. (1983) Effective Leadership, Aldershot, Gower. Bateman, B., Wilson, F.C. and Bingham, D. (2002)...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...managing trust...The theme of trust at work presents one of the five main priorities in the Applying Psychology to Work hub. Our research highlighted that many organisations were contemplating actions that would potentially impact their employees’ wellbeing, job security and uncertainty about the future. Also, freezes on recruitment in some industries have created a...
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Article 10 mins
Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...introduction to systems thinking in practice, or STiP. Systems thinking in practice itself has a long history and has developed from many different disciplinary traditions and used many different techniques and approaches, but all based on viewing complex situations as systems. The ideas about reflection in this course invite you to use your own personal experience as a...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Signposts for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Signposts for Work

...HR Leaders and Line Managers and found the top requirement is for employees to be able to deal with change and uncertainty. However, as important are: interpersonal skills innovation and creativity IT skills leadership skills (e.g., ability to motivate others, have a positive mindset, take the initiative, make decisions, and accept responsibility). Furthermore, the CBI...
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Article 10 mins