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Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...et al., 1998). Firstly, using ideas from Chaffee, they identified seven common areas of agreement on strategy (Mintzberg et al., 1998, p. 16). These are listed below, where I have added in brackets an indication of whether the area emphasises attention to variables, which are associated with situations, or perspectives, which are associated with practitioners: strategy...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...FAQs. When you gain your badge you will receive an email to notify you and you will be able to view and manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge...Introduction and guidance: Moving around the course - If at any time you want to return to the start of the course, click on ‘Course content’. From here you can...
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Level 3: Advanced 18 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...FAQs. When you gain your badge you will receive an email to notify you and you will be able to view and manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge. Get started with Session 1...Introduction and guidance: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Ben Oakley. The course was critically read by Richard Bailey,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...the perspective of a model used to train negotiators handling a crisis situation (Vecchi et al., 2005). The Behavioural change stairway model (BCSM), represented in Figure 6, claims that five steps can lead to a desirable change in behaviour. [Described image] Figure 6 The Behavioural change stairway model This model suggests that each step is one part of a sequence that builds on another. For example, it is claimed ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...FAQs. When you gain your badge you will receive an email to notify you and you will be able to view and manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge...Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits: 1 Definitions - Understanding the terminology used to describe studying in more than one subject and the differences...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...et al.,2012) You cannot ask these questions or get a meaningful response from others until you have thought them through yourself. Try these three thought experiments: First, think about how you would answer the questions above and note down your own answers. Second, in the description of the first focus group it was indicated these were people you knew, or who knew you....
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Continuity and learning
Education & Development

Continuity and learning

...et al., 2011) As you read the case study about Anne Wakelin, note the way in which her experiences are framed by the concepts of ‘plot’ and ‘learning potential’. Two things in particular strike us with regard to this reading. First, that the teller of a life story has some choice about how their story is constructed. This is not to suggest that the person telling...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...et al., 2010). Skill training and personal development become central when demands on service change or increase, when roles are altered and resources are updated. Investment in skills by individual practitioners and their employers is necessary if the service is to remain responsive and able to seize new opportunities. Activity 4 Make a note in the box below regarding...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs