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Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...determined. This can operate at different levels – national, industry, firm, team, and so on. For example, at the industry level some researchers have looked at the way in which cognitive communities develop. These are networks of firms whose managers share cognitive schema: core ideas about how the industry works, cause-and-effect relationships, and what constitutes...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...determined how we are judged not just for who we are but for how we are perceived by others. Lyons and O’Mara explain this process as follows. We make person judgements on the basis of two simple processes. First, a snap judgement of how cold or warm we feel toward the person. Does this person elicit feelings of kindness, affection, admiration? The feeling of cold or...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...determine the method by which the component can be created. This is generally achieved by slicing a CAD model into layers that are sequentially deposited. The advent of off-the-shelf computing equipment that is capable of slicing a CAD model is a precursor for the adaptation of AM into full-scale manufacturing processes...Additive manufacturing: 1.2 Why is this course not...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...determined by the initial state before measurement (see Equation 9). This collapse means and any superposition that existed before the measurement is lost. After the measurement, the electron will be in a new well-defined spin state, either spin-up or spin-down depending on the result of the measurement. The general spin state has collapsed into one of the eigenstates due...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...determination. Remember, this is about what you view as being a success, because you are best placed to understand your personal circumstances and the obstacles that you have had to overcome to reach a certain goal. Activity 5 Timing: Allow about 20 minutes Looking back at the lifeline you created in Activity 1, the roles you’ve played and the experiences you’ve had,...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...determine its age exactly. One point that can be made with certainty is that Greek has the longest attested history of any European language still in use today. Modern Greek differs in some respects from its ancient counterpart but it is recognisably the same language. Activity 1 Three maps Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Study the three maps outlining the spread of Greek...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...determine how and within what limits we want them used, and who benefits, and those are very much questions which bring them within the ambit of things that need to be decided at a collective and political level they're not as it were simply marginal adjuncts to social life which are peripheral I think they can reconstruct social life in a fairly fundamental way. JOHN. So...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...determine how to manage these gaps. Virtual team selection When selecting members for virtual teams there is a tendency to select computer-literate individuals and those who are comfortable sharing information electronically. However, as we have seen, functional and team roles are also important, so that selecting team members with other skills is required for project...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs