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Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...leadership and training. Figure 1.3 ‘I want to be working for my current organisation in three years’ time’ Three-quarters (75 per cent) of staff in small firms say they feel loyal to their organisation, and almost two-thirds (65 per cent) say the organisation deserves their loyalty. Compare this with companies with 1,000 and more employees, where loyalty falls to...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...leadership, and needs to understand the dynamics of team development to resolve conflict within the team. The manager cannot micromanage the project and so must delegate effectively. The manager must also master negotiation and influencing skills to maintain the commitment of all the stakeholders in the project. (APM, 2012). The project manager might be in a position to...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...Leadership Conference (SCLC), which would go on to play a major role in further civil rights activism. Despite its recent gains, however, the movement faced considerable resistance from White leaders in the South, and change was slow to happen. By 1957 fewer than 20 percent of schools had been integrated, and various forms of segregation remained a fact of life for many...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...Leadership – tradition, Wisdom – legacy But with age comes: Health concerns, Vulnerability, Uncertainty But with less money how can countries afford looking after the elderly and how will we afford to look after our own health, our education … afford to spend on technology, arts, science? Afford to spend on our children and their futures? We could consider these...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...leadership, the Good Friday Agreement, an historic accord ending decades of conflict, was agreed to by the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom and the political parties of Northern Ireland. For his service in Northern Ireland Senator Mitchell received numerous awards and honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor given by the...
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Article 10 mins
Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...leadership and managers of organisations to recognise and take effective steps to address racist practices and behaviours. However, the significance of this intervention (and the subsequent amendment of the 1976 Race Relations Act, 2000) was lost in outbreaks of sustained urban conflict mainly involving young Muslim men, far right political groups, and the police across...
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Level 3: Advanced 1 hr
Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company
History & The Arts

Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company

...leadership. Assessing Clive’s contribution requires an understanding of the causes of famine. Today, scholars agree that the extent of a famine and the number of people who starve to death is determined by human action. The Bengal famine started after crops failure in the EIC-ruled regions due to the failure of the monsoon in 1769, after only light rain the previous...
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Article 20 mins
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...leadership and professional development, there is a need for the active involvement and engagement of stakeholders and systems are needed to ensure regular feedback and evaluation from patients in particular. In this section, you have learned about some of the challenges in changing practice through digital and technological change. Such technological interventions have...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs