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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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...business plans and responding to operational needs. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic which required rapid reactive planning, there was a need for organisations to focus on futures planning and develop their workforce’s understanding and skills. The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and the role of the Future Generations Commissioner is ensuring that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...business? [Described image] Figure 1 The greenhouse effect due to increasing concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course U116 Environment: journeys through a changing world...Environment: treading lightly on the Earth: Learning outcomes - After studying this...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
What is climate psychology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is climate psychology?

...business as usual: for example, it was British Petroleum who coined the idea of individuals calculating their ‘carbon footprints’. For over 300 years, Modern Western civilization has sought to overcome nature (including human nature), so much so that there is no part of the world where the imprint of humankind cannot be found. Hence the recent naming of a new epoch as...
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Article 5 mins
What do tests tell us?
Education & Development

What do tests tell us?

...Business and industry are often questioning whether what is taught in schools is the best preparation for a working life. How do you test creativity? team work? motivation? ethical behaviour? citizenship? responsibility? Ironically, while the UK is looking eastwards, China is looking to the west – and turning to British-style education because Chinese parents find it...
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Article 10 mins
Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU
Society, Politics & Law

Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU

...business investment in the case of an EU exit… It is therefore assumed that… (foreign direct investment) decreases by 35%. So, the maximum percentage of such investment the UK is expected to lose if it leaves the EU is arbitrarily assumed to equal the share of British firms in a CBI survey that said they would decrease their own investment if the UK leaves the EU....
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Article 10 mins
How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?
Science, Maths & Technology

How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?

...average score of the polls would have been Remain 50%, Leave 50%. In short, at least half of the error in the polls may be a consequence of the decisions that the pollsters made about to how to adjust their final figures. Polling a referendum truly is a tough business.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Article 5 mins
Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?
Languages

Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?

...business and diplomacy have spread English everywhere. The initial vehicle for this was the Empire. What we see now has its roots in a time long past. Over the past thirty to forty years, many in Europe have started learning English from the first year of primary school. It’s everyone’s second languagenow. Levels of fluency may vary, yet overall language competence...
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