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Leadership and followership Badge icon
Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...management is also a crucial skill for a leader with competing priorities. Pressure to complete a project or deliver an outcome within a short time frame can come from many sources, including senior leaders, clients, funding bodies or even governments. Managing your time effectively can make meeting key deadlines much easier...Week 1: Where are you starting from?: 6 This...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...project I was managing. Detailed criteria were developed for both person and post and all applicants were assessed against those criteria. (b) Rational up-to-a-point decision making helped me decide which plants to grow in my garden this summer. Several plant varieties met all my criteria. There was uncertainty about weather conditions and my time and inclination for...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
A freelance career in the creative arts Badge icon
History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...management Flexibility Adaptability Project management Words: 0 Table 4 Technical and practical skills PROFICIENCY EVIDENCE Use of technology Financial skills, e.g. basic accounting Marketing skills, e.g. social media marketing Sales techniques Words: 0 Discussion If you group your skills by score e.g. all those that scored 3, all the 2s etc. – you can identify what you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Truddy on projects
Education & Development

Truddy on projects

OU student, Truddy, talks to us about projects as part of distance learning in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'...Transcript
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Video 5 mins
Tim Coughlan on projects
Education & Development

Tim Coughlan on projects

The Open University's Tim Coughlan explains the benefits of doing a project in this extended interview from 'Go the Distance'...Transcript
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Video 10 mins
Professional Doctorates projects
Education & Development

Professional Doctorates projects

Wondering what our Professional Doctorate students from the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies do? Check out these case studies of their projects.
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Article 5 mins
The Who Are We? project
Society, Politics & Law

The Who Are We? project

...and activism show us a glimpse of another ‘We’? Most events were interactive and were also be seminars, learning labs and symposia. The full programme and further resources are available at: www.whoareweproject.com. You can still follow and engage with the project on social media (@WhoAreWe_2017 on Twitter and Instagram or, have a look at this Openlearn website....
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Article 5 mins
Liquidity management
Money & Business

Liquidity management

...management of its sources of funds? First, you need to make projections of the organisation’s forward cash flows. This should be for as long a forward period as is practicable given the nature of the business. At the very least, it should cover a period of one year forward. The analysis should not only identify in calendar terms, and usually at least monthly, when...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs