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Management in Chinese cultures
Money & Business

Management in Chinese cultures

...are less hierarchical and therefore have better agility to compete in global market. Confucian values How Chinese cultures emphasize group benefits and working towards a common goal. Organisational creativity The differences between Asian and Western workers when finding routes into creativity. Learning from each other Conclusions about the Chinese way of working....
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Audio 29 mins
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...work area, or you may be required to interview job applicants. Whatever your involvement, this session makes it clear that it is important for you to understand the whole process to make an effective contribution to the staffing of your organisation. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B615 The professional certificate in management...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Midlife MOT
Money & Business

Midlife MOT

This collection of resources will help you take your Midlife MOT learning further, building on the areas of wealth, wellbeing and work to create a happy and secure future.
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Neurodiversity Hub
Education & Development

Neurodiversity Hub

Exploring how minds work differently and brilliantly. This hub brings together free OpenLearn courses, articles and personal stories on autism, ADHD, dyslexia and more.
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Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...Working alongside the hospitality management and the new staff was a great experience, however it wasn’t to last as I developed an injury due to the physical nature of the job. Due to this injury, I was temporarily redeployed to the ticket barriers (gate line) with the intention of going back to hospitality in a few months. This was a new experience for me as I gained a...
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Article 5 mins
Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...work out what was happening but I think I've learned that good essays don't just 'happen'. Sue's notes were different: I was reading one of the set books and studying graphs - trying to interpret the information, especially that needed to answer Q1 on my first assignment. I read it over and over again; I thought I understood it but was not sure. There was so much...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list
History & The Arts

Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list

...works by and about the man have certainly expanded that library...[Jorge Luis Borges] Jorge Luis Borges in 1951 Borges also had his own library - The Library of Babel - which he created as a project for an Argentine publisher: Although he disliked the bureaucratic boredom of library work, Borges was better suited than perhaps anyone for a curatorial role. Given this...
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Article 10 mins
Researching cycling in the US & the UK
Society, Politics & Law

Researching cycling in the US & the UK

...work has been looking at the growth of cycling in London over the last few years, vaguely starting in 2000, and we’ve seen cycling just increase hugely, in fact increasing more as each year goes by, and I’ve been looking at why this has been happening through looking at what a group of cyclists actually do. So I’ve been meeting up with a group of about 20 people for...
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