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What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide

...in 1979, Henry Mintzberg identified five components to answer the question 'what is an organisation?'...Find out more about Business and Management degrees a The Open University [Some people doing vaguely business-related things] These are clearly stock image people. What would it take to make them an organisation? Henry Mintzberg, writing in The Structure of...
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Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...creativity to come up with solutions to all kinds of problems, and have fun in the process too!...Are you ever frustrated with something that you thought you could design better? This free course, Design thinking, will show you how to structure your natural creativity to come up with solutions to all kinds of problems, and have fun in the process too!...Design thinking:...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Course image: Nil Castellví / unsplash Every effort has been made to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Could Islamic law be the key to defeating ISIS?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Islamic law be the key to defeating ISIS?

...creative, with differing interpretations of the scriptures being discussed and debated among communities and generations. Ijtihad, or independent juridical reasoning, was explicitly endorsed by the Prophet Muhammed. Some modern Muslims, like the Sisters in Islam organization in Malaysia, are exercising ijtihad today to promote the human rights of women from an Islamic...
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Happy Birthday Harry Potter!
Miscellaneous

Happy Birthday Harry Potter!

...pal Ron Weasley did on his 17th birthday, you can dig into our range of magical resources. We've got articles on the a range of exciting themes, spells and observances in Harry Potter, a piece on the use of magical creatures in children's novels as well as free writing courses to help you pen a brilliant story - all allowing you to learn in a fun manner for free. Always....
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OpenLearn Live: 2018 World Cup Special
Health, Sports & Psychology

OpenLearn Live: 2018 World Cup Special

...writing 'HOME' on a big piece of cardboard and standing hopefully at the side of road with its thumb out, fight the big match nerves with some calming insights into the world of soccer...[Vladimir Putin holds the World Cup] The Jules Rimet trophy is presented to the winner of the FIFA World Cup New for 2018 A line-up of articles fresh for this year's tournament -...
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On the inside of the rebellion against climate change
Nature & Environment

On the inside of the rebellion against climate change

...creative, playful culture akin to that espoused by metamodern writers such as Hanzi Freinacht, to change the game. On reflection, climate discourse is often driven by scientific arguments, where there is a significant element of climate denial aided by the production of pseudoscientific narratives and conspiracy theories. These are difficult to unpick by most people not...
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Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...creatively for action. You might think of food and housing as separate things. Taking a systemic view, however, sees them as closely connected. They are both global commodities produced and traded for investor profits, guaranteed by basic human needs. In fact, housing has become the most valuable asset on Earth – worth three times more than the total global gross...
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