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Supreme streets: an adventure into employee-ownership
Money & Business

Supreme streets: an adventure into employee-ownership

...associated with The Open University's Business and Management courses and qualifications. [Supreme Streets - start] Select the image above to begin your adventure into employee-ownership or click here. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Activity 15 mins
Bullying and Manipulation: Join the Resistance
Health, Sports & Psychology

Bullying and Manipulation: Join the Resistance

...we can use, both to manage our own responses to bullies, but also to maintain contexts where this behaviour is discouraged? This short interactive experience explores the psychology of bullying and manipulation in three different places: social media, the workplace and the school playground... [Bullying an manipulation interactive image] Select the image to begin......
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Activity 15 mins
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...management’ Singer also imported new ‘scientific’ management techniques from the US in the form of ‘Taylorism’ which was becoming more widespread in Europe. These were closely intertwined with what became known as ‘Fordist’ style production processes. In the Fordist method, a version of which was introduced at the Singer factory, the labour process was...
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Article 10 mins
How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...management investigations. Building resilience in healthy and restored soils is essential to help them retain functions in a world of global environmental change, in which disturbances, such as drought and flooding, are expected. “The fundamental idea of resilience is how the system can respond to a shock,” says Johan Six, an agroecologist at the Swiss Federal...
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Article 20 mins
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...Introduction - Creativity and innovation address ways of doing things better and differently. This free course, Making creativity and innovation happen, focuses both on individual creativity – where it comes from and how it can be developed – and organisational creativity and the related concept of innovation. It considers how organisations can more effectively tackle...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...Introduction - The debate for and against nuclear energy has been continuing and vigorous. It is a subject that people tend to have a view about, for nuclear energy is not simply an issue about rational choice of an energy option; it also arouses ethical choices based on opposing values. The debate has ebbed and flowed over the years, influenced by the prevailing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Writing critically and structuring your essay - Academic Study Skills
Education & Development

Writing critically and structuring your essay - Academic Study Skills

...and postgraduate taught students. These include tips on how to study more effectively, time management, what is meant by critical thinking, as well as specific guidance on writing to a university standard. [Cardiff University logo] This resource was provided by Cardiff University and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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Activity 5 mins
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...Introduction and guidance describes each of the weeks, provides information about the learning journal and discussion forums and introduces the course authors. It also includes information about permissions and copyright and it is important that you read this before starting the course. The course is produced by The Open University's Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs