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Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film
Money & Business

Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film

...concept of the value chain was published by Michael Porter. It helps us examine value in the film industry but also to understand the value chain in relation to strategy. The value chain describes the activities around and within an organisation which together produce a product or service. The concept was originally developed in relation to competitive strategy. The value...
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Article 5 mins
Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women
Society, Politics & Law

Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women

...concepts to think about when we study the experiences of ethnic minority communities? Embodied differences Let’s start with embodied or embodiment. To embody is to represent an idea or quality exactly, and in relation to the body, whereas embodiment is the process or state of living in a body. Our bodies are uniquely connected to our sense of self, but also how we...
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Article 10 mins
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...concepts that can be connected with each other, and that make it possible to look at something – in this case, development management – in a disciplined and powerful fashion. Here the concepts that need to be brought into play are: intervention process of social change conflicts of goals, values and interests. However, I also recognise that there is nothing simple...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...concept of trust, what it means to you and how it may affect your organisation...Learn about trust in the organisational context. This free course, Developing high trust work relationships, introduces the concept of trust, what it means to you and how it may affect your organisation....Developing high trust work relationships: Introduction - Trust has become an important...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...concept, the course considers developments in Green Criminology, which have sought to examine the problems of global environmental harm and the myriad interactions between human beings and the natural environment...This free course, Criminology beyond crime, examines the notion of 'social harm' as an alternative to the legal definition of 'crime'. To illustrate this...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas

...concepts, including fractions and Pi, that come together in an enactment of the pioneering mathematician, Leonard Euler's formula: e^(i Pi) = -1. The accompanying tracks are taken from Open University maths courses and explore the problems tackled in the drama. For more information and how to study at The Open University, go to www.mcs.open.ac.uk... The Wizard of Oz: From...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
Darwin and Inheritance
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and Inheritance

...concepts which lie at the heart of modern genetics. Contributors include Richard Dawkins, Colin Tudge, John Maynard Smith, Steven Rose and Steve Jones... Darwin and Inheritance A short introduction to this album. Darwin's Burning Question Darwin's Theory of Evolution lacked a credible explanation for characteristics which skipped generations. Mendel and Heredity The story...
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Audio 30 mins
Noise Pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Noise Pollution

...concepts such as units of noise, sound insulation and noise control. Car manufacturers like Lexus have developed the quiet car, but this kind of technology benefits the driver, not the people living beside busy roads. Locals from a Derbyshire village explain how the construction of the A50 has affected their lives. The Transport Research Laboratory analyses tyre noise on...
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Audio 27 mins