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Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...motivated to describe an ideal job performance rather than a realistic one, or to over-emphasise the complexity of the job in order to boost their own profile in the organisation. Questions such as whether a formal qualification is essential for a job’s performance may well be a matter of opinion, rather than unchallengeable fact, perhaps revealing organisational...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...et al., 2014). The city of Arezzo can be seen to the southeast of Florence in the map of Italy in Figure 2. [Described image] Figure 2 Detail of Italy, showing Arezzo southeast of Florence One of the advantages of staff notation is its ability to communicate the octave in which a note is located. Remember that each named note on the keyboard appears in more than one...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...et al., 1972, p. 1) It is not difficult to identify similar contexts today, with an environmental dimension, though not necessarily at the level of a single organisation, for instance when considering our use of technology in the context of climate change. (iv) Personal beliefs approaches to decision making There are many other personal theories and beliefs around...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...motivates action, so you get a little bit of action when the economics don’t work very well and that was the period that we had really up till relatively recently, up until about five years ago, the science was motivating action, but because the economics seemed to be against it we didn’t get very much, but we got enough that the economics started to change. We...
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Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...motivation and social skills □ Required attitude or general approach to the work involved Check 5 – What are the working conditions? □ The physical environment □ The social conditions and work group context □ The economic conditions including funding and pay Check 6 – Who should be consulted about the analysis? □ Check back with the job holder □ Check back...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...motivated and enthusiastic, although he is not always a fan of more modern and more ethical policing standards. DS Lara Sund [A photograph of DS Sund.] DS Lara Sund is much more receptive than her counterpart to the idea of evidence-based policing. Evidence-based policing is the use of approaches to policing that rely on a proven evidence base, rather than following a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...et al, 2015). They go further in pointing out that because we do not have complete mastery over our environment, or control over what happens to us, it is impossible to achieve a purely positive mood. Instead, expressing negative emotions in response to challenging life situations is perfectly mentally healthy. Measuring wellbeing Given the varied ways in which we...
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...et des couleurs, on ne discute pas’ (‘each to their own’). Whilst this expression suggests that we should never quibble over colours, chromatic terms can nonetheless provide a rich source of discussion for language learners who want to extend their knowledge of idiomatic expressions in the target language. Indeed, there are many descriptions and metaphorical...
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