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Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...business and society than the phase before. This course offers a combination of phases one, two and three to simply explain phase four. Table 1 Four phases of the internet Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Connectivity Networked economy Collaborative experiences Internet of everything Digitise access to information Digitise business process Digitise interactions (business...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...money was spent on welfare. Well, now even most of the experts have come round to our view. The system is doing damage, moral damage, and must be reined in. Mr McEwan Could you please get these estimates typed for me? We need to get them off today. We need to get these out… Dr Digby Anderson The McEwan family run a small building firm in Liverpool. The father, Charles...
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...business or organisational context. It looks at the type of evidence you can gather to inform your proposed change, and how to evaluate data with a view to using it as part of this transformation. Specifically, you will learn about internal and external sources of secondary information and how to evaluate them. You will also examine how to negotiate access to different...
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...business opportunities. The full course explores how organisations work by looking at their internal functions (operations management, human relations, finance and marketing). You will also learn about the external environment for businesses and how the economic and political context helps shape how businesses respond to global challenges...Introduction to operations...
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom

...business at the top level. However, just how realistic is this depiction and popular perceptions that arise from the show? Arguably not very realistic at all. While the programme presents a boardroom dominated by a strong leader, in actuality boardrooms are commonly populated by a range of opinions and opinion-makers. Further, they are less rational and more influenced by...
The housing crash and the man who saw it coming
Money & Business

The housing crash and the man who saw it coming

...Business School discusses how he predicted the financial bubble bursting two years ahead of the crash and was ignored by the sector...Watch Read Prof Nouriel Roubini, Stern School of Business (2009) When he realised there was a problem I start to get worried about the US economy and the financial system in 2006 when I started the housing market and I saw a bubble that was...
Theresanomics explained
Money & Business

Theresanomics explained

...business leaders and liberal colleagues. Yet she also eliminated the idea of national IDs as well as directly confronted policing issues. These seemingly contradictory actions point to a politician who historically has been more about problem-solving than pursuing a dogmatic agenda. George Parker highlights this pragmatic streak in his article Theresa May is pragmatic...
Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...businesses create financial returns while ensuring positive social or environmental outcomes. Without standardisation, there are too many ways to assess EdTech. A review commissioned by the UK government of evaluation criteria and standards for EdTech analysed 74 methods for assessing their quality. Similarly, I carried out a research study with colleagues on available...