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Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...management, as well as ‘secondary activities’ including HR policies and technological development. Drawing on this model, scholars and policy makers have identified global value chains that cross national borders and can involve a wide range of organisations. However, this is not the only theory of value creation. As discussed in the previous section, organisational...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Growing up with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing up with Disability

...introduction to this album. The Voluntary Organisation PLUS An introduction to the voluntary organisation PLUS. Circles of Support Forming volunteer groups of peers to help create natural friendship bonds with a focused child. Local Authority Play Support Creating, maintaining and prompting provision and facilities for play as an intrinsic part od childhood experience and...
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Audio 1 hr 6 mins
Politics as performance
Money & Business

Politics as performance

...while an audio commentary presented by The Open University’s Professor of Politics Mike Saward looks at the demands on the politician as a performer... An introduction: Politics as performance A short video introduction to this album Politics as a performance The Open University’s Professor of Politics Mike Saward looks at the demands on the politician as a performer...
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Video 13 mins
Sacking Prime Ministers
Society, Politics & Law

Sacking Prime Ministers

...an American president be forced out of power in the same way as a British prime minister?... An introduction: Sacking prime ministers A short video introduction to this album Sacking prime ministers The Open University’s Dr. Richard Heffernan, Reader in Government, leads discussions and compares the administrational differences between presidents and prime ministers....
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Video 12 mins
Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?

...introduction of “limited liability” - the cap on the costs an individual must pay for their care for a further four years, kicking the crisis in social care funding into the safety of the next election. But as financial cuts bite, the private Dutch company, Buurtzorg, claims to have the answer for doing more with less in social care. It offers a radical model for...
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Article 5 mins
Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards
Society, Politics & Law

Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards

...management to account – will be done by “professionals”. The proposals to remove the requirement to have elected parent governors on boards risks alienating the very communities whose interests the board purports to represent. It is a grave error of judgement on the part of the government. The role of parent governors Defining what elected parents do for a board is...
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Article 5 mins
Rings and polynomials
Science, Maths & Technology

Rings and polynomials

...introduction to rings and polynomials. We see that polynomial rings have many properties in common with the integers; for example, we can define a division algorithm, and this enables us to develop the analogue of the highest common factor for two polynomials. Section 1 explores the abstract definitions of a ring and a field. Sections 2 and 3 define polynomial rings where...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs