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Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...manager interested in developing a better team, as you will hear from the audio below (a transcript is also provided). Meetings often descend into all-out war! We never seem to get anywhere with everyone at each other’s throats. I can hold my own in that kind of contest; I sometimes come out on top – winning the argument – but it doesn’t calm things; I leave the...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...Management Masters pathways....Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change: Introduction - This course will help you to think about your professional educational situation and the nature of leadership within it. It will provide you with a better understanding of models of leadership and the challenges and opportunities to lead in an inclusive way. This course will enable you...
Working mothers in Scotland's railways
Society, Politics & Law

Working mothers in Scotland's railways

...manager should arrange for a specific risk assessment of the job to be carried out and discuss this with the employee. When returning to work the employee should alert the manager if she is breastfeeding in order that they can consider any risks and make any necessary arrangements. If the employee has any specific concerns, she should raise this with her manager who can...
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...Introduction and guidance: Introduction - This Principles and practices of peace education course is a collaboration between the Open University and Quakers in Britain. The course introduces the core principles of peace education to those working with children and young people. As well as practical ideas for everyday classroom practice, it links to materials for further...
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...manage your OpenLearn statement of participation online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print them. Now watch the video where Bernie Hickman from Legal & General, introduces the course and explains the ways it can help you. Transcript...Session 1: wealth: where you’re at right now: 1 Introducing your wealth check-up - Welcome to the wealth check-up...
Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?

...manager who openly stated before the tournament that he felt he had a winning squad. Roll forward to 2016 and exactly 50 years since England’s iconic 1966 World Cup win, could this finally be England’s chance to shine? So what could make the difference? Perhaps remarkably, in 2016, England still have Hodgson at the helm, although often following a poor tournament...
What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide

...introduction...[Black background with a halogen light strip positioned diagonally from top left corner to right-hand corner in the middle. Text saying "In the 1920s, workers at the Hawthorne Works in Chicago were observed to be more productive in better-lit conditions" is positioned above the light.] [A bright yellow halogen bar light is positioned horizontally across the...
Simple Coding - Summary
Digital & Computing

Simple Coding - Summary

...introduction to programming you have seen the fundamental building blocks that almost every programming language provides: variables and assignment (=) to store and update data arithmetic operators (+, -, *) simple data types (strings and numbers, both integers and floating point) data structures (lists) sequence (one instruction per line) iteration (for and while loops)...