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Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...leadership had in seeing themselves as having a duty to both the City of London and the protesters during this particular incident. Those representing Occupy clearly believe that St Paul’s should be doing more for those less fortunate. As you become more familiar with religion as a subject of study, you will discover many other examples of how a particular religious...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...leadership roles. Back in India, when I worked before coming to OU, I was in charge of a group of institutions and I had five colleges and their principals reporting to me. I was in charge of a small management institute. And there, I think some of the lessons that I learned in terms of value are worth reflecting on as a practitioner, as well as an academic. One stark,...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...leadership positions became something worth fighting over and positions within the Executive Committee more attractive. FIFA developed further under Sepp Blatter’s reign as the sport became subject to commercialisation and more money filtered into the organisation. FIFA grew so quickly and dramatically that the organisation didn’t always know how to cope with their...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...leadership of Africa or Africans, but the fact of an African victory over Europeans attracted many of those who wanted to see the continent, and African people, regain their independence. The Haitian Pan-Africanist Benito Sylvain visited the Emperor in January 1897 (Jonas, 2011). Later he attended the 1900 Pan-African Conference in London. Joseph Vitalien, a doctor from...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...Leadership, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 30–35. Open Systems Group (2004) Systems practice: a distinctive competence with the Open University. Unpublished discussion paper containing notes by Morris, D. about the Anglia Schumacher Conference in 2003. Reynolds, M. and Holwell, S. (2020) Chapter 1: Introducing systems approaches. In: Martin Reynolds and Sue Holwell (eds.) Systems...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...leadership and board level. Local organisations must ensure effective management of their technology infrastructure, systems and services (Smart, 2018). Although these points are explicitly about the NHS’s failure to prepare itself for the WannaCry attack, similar reasons may also lie behind the failures of many other large organisations who fail to protect themselves....
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...leadership that has prescribed how this will happen, common terminology, common knowledge, common training, and so on. Video 2: Dr Gavrill Xanthopoulos, Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, Athens INTERVIEWER Can you tell me what lessons have been learned from 2007. And how has it affected what you do today? [TEXT ON THE SCREEN: GEORGE KONSTANTAKOPOULOS, Fire...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...leadership may have had consequences for your practice. These ideas reflect theories, for example about how people learn, about children’s and young people’s lives and identities, about individual rights, or about power relationships in society. Ideas of this kind are the subject of constant debate, societal influences and continuing change, but are important because...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs