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The planet as the stakeholder
Money & Business

The planet as the stakeholder

...concept. ] Stakeholder analysis Edward Freeman’s concept of stakeholder analysis is often used as a strategic 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...
How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto
Languages

How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto

...concept is closer to how languages actually work in the real world. His Elvish languages as they are depicted throughout his work are living, changing things, which evolve to reflect the culture of the communities who speak them. The idea of an international auxiliary language, on the other hand, is to provide a stable, unchanging code, which can be easily learnt by...
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...concepts, constructs and questions developed by crowd psychologists and how these have driven the terms of reference and subsequent lines of inquiry of contemporary crowd studies. One of the sustained lines of inquiry driving crowd studies is ‘Does the event of being in a crowd help to create a sense of identity or lead to a loss of identity?’ Though there are...
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...conception in 1972, at around the time of Monique’s birth in Saskatchewan. My one-cell self inherited a particular version of a gene (known as HLA-DQB1*0602) that forms part of a set that helps the immune system distinguish friend from foe. HLA-DQB1*0602 is pretty common – around one in four people in Europe boasts a copy – but it plays a key role in many cases of...
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...concepts for school geography and its educational value. The course also includes a lesson plan and a look at definitions of geography as a medium of education. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...School geography: exploring a definition: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: open up...
A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish
Languages

A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish

...de Benito. Radio programme 2: Water, a natural resource A radio-style programme where presenter Juan Carlos Jaramillo travels round various Latin-American capitals to find out how people are using and abusing this vital resource. Radio programme 2: Spanish in the world A short talk by Eduardo de Benito resuming the origins of Spanish, the adoption of words from Latin...
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...concepts and terminology and highlights some differences between consumer and business-to-business marketing. The course is suitable for a variety of learners, including small business owners and those working in small businesses with limited access to specialists, as well as marketing professionals and those thinking about pursuing a course of study to become a marketing...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...concepts associated with complex situations analyse some links between variables in development intervention identify initial strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with development intervention...Diagramming for development 1: Bounding realities: 1 Case study: the Working for Water Programme - Before we look at the diagrams, take a moment to read...