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Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...resources, convert them into outputs and distribute them to their intended users. The term operations embraces all the activities required to create and deliver an organisation's goods or services to its customers or clients. Within large and complex organisations operations is usually a major functional area, with people specifically designated to take responsibility for...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...Open University course B207 Shaping business opportunities. The full course explores how organisations work by looking at their internal functions (operations management, human relations, finance and marketing). You will also learn about the external environment for businesses and how the economic and political context helps shape how businesses respond to global...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Building the brain: Introduction - If you have ever played peek-a-boo with a baby, you’ll know that they find it endlessly fascinating and are always surprised to see that you are still there when you open your hands. But have you ever wondered why that is...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery
History & The Arts

Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery

...Open University honorary graduate, Prof Sir Geoff Palmer CD, shares his history and Scotland’s slavery history...The background My mother arrived in London as a Jamaican migrant in 1951. She worked in a range of jobs for less than £4 per week to save the £86 which paid my fare to join her in London in March 1955. I arrived by boat at a Liverpool dock and asked...
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Article 5 mins
The benefits of social media in academia
Education & Development

The benefits of social media in academia

...Open University's Open degree Transcript For academic professionals or students, social media can provide a range of benefits that change and develop as social media platforms and associated technology continues to evolve. In this article we will explore the three core benefits: connection, communication and collaboration. Social media is widely used by individuals and...
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Video 5 mins
The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management
Miscellaneous

The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management

...Open University, the Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Live stream: Trailer video: Edoardo Ongaro is Professor of Public Management at the Faculty of Business and Law at The Open University (OU). Previously he held positions at Northumbria University, as Professor of International Public Services Management, and SDA Bocconi School of Management...
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Article 5 mins
Introduction to algebra
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to algebra

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs