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Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...businesses that have grown up as repositories for storing it or selling it on, from car boots, junk shops and charity shops to self-storage units. However, the economic circumstances that have let this happen (and even validated and encouraged it) do not entirely explain the human or individual aspects of our relationships with the stuff we acquire. It does not explain...
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Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs

...business or mentoring others? What self-talk do you have when you don’t get something at work that you have applied/worked hard for? If there is nothing that comes to mind in the workplace, is there anything you would like to do in your personal life, but something is holding you back? For example, learning to play an instrument, learning a language or running a...
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Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...Business Council, which provides a forum to enhance co-operation between decision-makers in the highest levels of government and industry. Dr. Birol’s selection as IEA Executive Director marked one of the rare occasions that the head of an international organisation has been selected from within its ranks. Earlier in his career, Dr. Birol served in the Secretariat of...
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10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...business of the academy and while the university professorship was created specifically for her, she was not allowed to teach publicly. Catherine Lee explains how she got about this: "To get around this prohibition, in 1749 Bassi officially opened a ‘domestic school’ in her own home. Her eight-month long course offered a more comprehensive instruction than either the...
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Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...business successes of Japanese companies, it is now recognised that promoting a collective organisational identity and responsibility for decisions can sometimes slow down operations significantly, in ways that are not always compensated for by better decision making...Groups and teamwork: 2.3 Types of teams - Different organisations or organisational settings lead to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...business and the workplace. We are also leading the way in developing short courses for academic research methods and pre-sessional English with IELTS, which will be available for registration in due course. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is an international leader in online language learning and intercultural communications, built on our pioneering pedagogy...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...businesses. In cities such as Beijing, households can be diverse: from older, traditional ‘hutongs’ (a term which refers to an old alley or street normally lined with courtyard houses) to penthouse suites in modern high-rise, high-tech buildings. However, many hutongs are being cleared to make way for those higher-density modern high-rise buildings (Figure 3). As...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...Business Committee which allocates time on issues that have broad cross-party support among MPs, with many debates coming about through campaigns. Did you know... Members of the House of Lords can support your campaign Alongside your local MP, members of the Lords may also support your campaign. Members of the Lords are often appointed due to their knowledge and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs