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Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO
Education & Development

Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO

...systems thinking to grasp how issues are interconnected, cross-cultural communication for working with peers worldwide on health or environmental projects, ethical reasoning to weigh the societal impacts of technologies like artificial intelligence, collaborative problem-solving for tackling sustainability challenges, and policy awareness to understand how evidence shapes...
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Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...think made the first system a success and the second one a failure. Discussion In our view (and throughout these answers we recognise that your view may be different and just as valid), the three main differences between the case studies are as follows: A clear plan was followed for Mitchells & Butlers’ system (M&B), whereas the BBC Digital Media Initiative (DMI)...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Rich pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

Rich pictures

...thinking in systems terms – using ideas like ‘well, the situation is made up of a marketing system and a production system and a quality control system’. The word ‘system’ implies organised interconnections. However, it may be precisely the absence of such organised interconnectedness that lies at the heart of any problem, so by assuming its ......
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Commercial awareness
Money & Business

Commercial awareness

...Thinking in systems - Through our discussion of value chains and interdependencies we’ve reached a good place to highlight an important distinction between ways of looking at and thinking about business. These ways are not mutually exclusive – indeed, it is strongly advised that to be commercially aware, managers should be adept at many different methods of analysis....
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Systems Practice case study - The CEO
Money & Business

Systems Practice case study - The CEO

...systems thinking shape her role?...The situation Jemima Almey: It was very exciting to be able to recruit five new staff. There were 20 of us working in Systems Associates, so an increase of five was a big change. We needed new staff badly. We are a small consultancy firm in a specialised niche market and we had taken on more work than we could cope with. Most of us felt...
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Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials
Education & Development

Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials

...Systems thinking Anticipatory Normative Strategic Collaboration Critical thinking Self-awareness Integrated problem-solving You can find descriptions of each competency on the UNESCO cross-cutting and specialised SDG competency webpages. We have also created a set of graphics to help visualise each of the eight sustainability competencies and show the relationship between...
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Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...systems and critical thinking. So understanding the complexity, dealing with information overload, and being able to kind of challenge, it's always been done like this, that status quo. So, looking at that, you've got to be able to anticipate these outcomes, these interactions, these consequences. And then, actually build the strategies, to not only implement it, but to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...systems thinking and practice benefit from learning by experience...Learning, thinking and doing: 1 Learning to learn - This course is about developing your effectiveness as a learner. For example, there are activities which invite you to apply theories to practice and also to criticise theories in the light of practical experience. In these and other ways you will be...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs