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Changing approaches to heritage
Society, Politics & Law

Changing approaches to heritage

...changing all the time. The tracks on this album explore four different heritage stories. In the feature on the Lake District, we hear how the values of Wordsworth sometimes have to give way to the values of farmers. In two features on archaeology, we shine the spotlight on a discipline where there is increasing emphasis on the ordinary over the historic or spectacular....
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...is one of the constants in life, especially for organisations who need to adapt and evolve to ensure they meet the needs of their end users, stakeholders and staff to ensure they thrive and succeed. The COVID-19 pandemic forced accelerated change throughout the world, which could not be planned for, and rapid change programmes where implemented. As we adapt to hybrid...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Changing the way we work
Money & Business

Changing the way we work

...changing; the breaking down of traditional hierarchical structures, the increasing emphasis on self-management, customer-orientated teams, the use of technology to enable more remote working and the blurring of boundaries between organisations, as they form partnerships with each other. It also asks how these changes will affect the way managers will work in the future....
How the stove changed the kitchen
Society, Politics & Law

How the stove changed the kitchen

...changed the way we use the kitchen—and the rest of our homes...[Photo of a 19th century cooking fire] A cooking fire The gas stove arrived at the end of the nineteenth century and transformed the way we use rooms in the urban home. According to architectural and housing historians Roderick Lawrence and Martin Daunton, these changes had taken place before the First World...
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...change leadership relationships and interactions. Students will be encouraged to reflect on personal and institutional opportunities to lead inclusively, including in challenging circumstances. They will examine the potential of working with leaders beyond their organisation to effect change and build collaborative networks that support inclusive leadership...This free...
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...change, looks at how and why change occurs through the industry life cycle, at the role of innovation and at how production costs, demand and technology interact to shape industrial structure...How does a firm emerge as 'leader of the pack'? Why do most of the small firms so common in the early years of new industries disappear? This free course, Innovation, markets and...
World-Changing Women: The Biographies
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: The Biographies

Delve through these courageous tales of women who changed the world and read the full story the history books left out...Like this? Try a free history course Take it further with an Open University degree
The geological record of environmental change
Science, Maths & Technology

The geological record of environmental change

...change in the field. Using examples in the UK and the USA they examine how geologists can map past activity from geological evidence. Material is taken from The Open University course S369 The geological record of environmental change... Glaciation: The Geology of Northern Scotland An introduction to the geology of Northern Scotland. Glaciation: The Garvellachs A field...