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The planet as the stakeholder
Money & Business

The planet as the stakeholder

...management theory to identify people and groups who have a vested interest in a business’s activities. This approach encompasses seeking engagement with such groups as employees, suppliers, competitors, members of the local community and others in the direct communication channels of the company. However, concerns regarding the Earth and its natural resources are...
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Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent
Education & Development

Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent

...manageable. What is feedback? Feedback is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as: ‘Information or statements of opinion about something, such as a new product, that can tell you if it is successful or liked.’ While this might make you think about study or work, we get feedback in all aspects of our lives. Think about the friend that comments on your new haircut, or...
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The physical impacts of ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

The physical impacts of ADHD

...manage my ADHD’ (or ‘mask’ as some call it), or even just do ‘normal things’, is all too overwhelming and I burn out. The exhaustion is like no other that I’ve experienced and can be so intense in its presentation that doctors seek to rule out other possible causes, including testing for thyroid conditions and cancer. For me, it tends to build up as an...
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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...management as well. There’s a trend towards consumers or at least influential wine critics preferring a more robust style of wine that’s higher alcohol, but there’s new research that has shown that quite a bit of the accumulation, the increase in alcohol, has been due to climate actually and not only to management choices. So higher alcohol wines are one way we can...
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Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...managing, caring...Unlock the secrets to becoming an effective and empathetic leader with our free course, Approaching leadership with care. Delve into the core concepts of leadership by exploring the significance of empathy, compassion, and understanding when leading others and yourself. This course is designed to help you define your leadership style, cultivate a caring...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
What is Open Thanatology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Open Thanatology?

...managed and how people grieve, including the use of rituals. Open Thanatology is the Open University’s interdisciplinary research group for the study and education of death, dying, loss and grief across the life course. Formally renamed in 2020, the group builds on the long-standing death and dying research group at the university with a renewed energy to promote these...
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Business problem solving and improvement
Science, Maths & Technology

Business problem solving and improvement

...issues of business decline brought on by the deregulation of electricity and gas. Scottish Power: Applying Six Sigma A look at how Scottish Power used Six Sigma to streamline and improve their customer correspondence process. Scottish Power: Auditing and initiating projects A look at how Scottish Power use Six Sigma to manage projects and streamline the audit process....
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Enterprising Times
Money & Business

Enterprising Times

...Aston University’s Innovation Voucher Scheme. The challenges facing Mike Clarke, Managing Director of IT firm, Aura Q during the recession are considered, and we discuss small business confidence with Mike Ashton, Chief Executive of Hereford... Enterprising Times How are Britain's small business entrepreneurs leading the country out of the recession? Research by The Open University Business School suggests that innovative ......
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